Caption

Pantheon of Chinese Deities, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing, Chinese, graphic print, graphic, height 46.0 cm, width 40.0 cm, The image shows a rectangular sheet with a central multicolored illustration composed of stacked horizontal bands filled with rows of stylized human figures and decorative elements; dominant colors visible are red, yellow, purple, blue, green, and beige. The top band contains a row of seated figures outlined in darker ink with red and purple backgrounds and beige faces. Below that are additional bands with larger seated figures wearing ornate headpieces and robes colored with red, purple, blue, green, and touches of yellow, flanked by narrow vertical panels of smaller beige and yellow figures on each side. Midway down the image a wide red band crosses with repetitive sketched faces and decorative motifs, interrupted by several rectangular purple-blue blocks. Lower bands repeat rows of sketched figures and faces in red and yellow areas, and the bottommost area shows a horizontal frieze of standing figures sketched in darker ink on a beige background. The whole illustration is bordered by a thin dark line and sits on an aged beige paper with subtle creases and small dark specks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_211

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.0Mb (5.0Mb) / 12.3in x 15.1in / 3701 x 4535 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pantheon Chinese Deities nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing Chinese graphic print graphic height 46.0 cm width 40.0 cm image rectangular sheet central multicolored illustration composed stacked horizontal bands filled rows stylized human figures decorative elements dominant colors visible red yellow purple blue green beige top band contains row seated figures outlined darker ink purple backgrounds beige faces additional bands larger seated figures wearing ornate headpieces robes colored touches flanked narrow vertical panels smaller beige yellow figures side Midway down wide red band crosses repetitive sketched faces decorative motifs interrupted several rectangular purple-blue blocks Lower bands repeat rows sketched figures yellow areas bottommost area horizontal frieze standing figures sketched beige background whole illustration bordered thin dark line sits aged beige paper subtle creases small dark specks.