Caption

Bodhidarma with holy books and a nerite hare slaughtering the herb of immortality; unknown artist; nianhua New Year's picture, graphic print; early 20th century, Beijing; Chinese art; height 72.0 cm, width 37.0 cm., The image shows a vertical paper print divided into two illustrated panels with a pale beige background and a gray border; the top panel features a scene with flowing green and yellow waves, a large red-robed figure holding a long staff, smaller human figures in red and yellow garments, a purple and blue rock formation, and accents of purple, blue, green, and yellow throughout; the lower panel contains a circular frame centered on a standing figure covered in gold with pale legs and feet, surrounded by an ornate architectural element in red and purple, many seated and standing figures in red, green, purple, and yellow around the perimeter, decorative floral and wave motifs in green, blue, purple, red, and yellow, and additional decorative borders and flourishes in similar colors.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_217

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.5Mb (4.7Mb) / 9.9in x 18.7in / 2958 x 5616 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bodhidarma holy books nerite hare slaughtering herb immortality unknown artist nianhua New Year's picture graphic print early 20th century Beijing Chinese art height 72.0 cm width 37.0 cm image vertical paper print divided two illustrated panels pale beige background gray border top panel features scene flowing green yellow waves large red-robed figure holding long staff smaller human figures red yellow garments purple blue rock formation accents blue green yellow lower panel contains circular frame centered standing figure covered gold pale legs feet surrounded ornate architectural element seated standing figures perimeter decorative floral wave motifs additional decorative borders flourishes colors.