Caption

The goddess Guanyin in a bamboo grove and a jade hare slaughtering the herb of immortality, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing, graphic print, height 35.0 cm, width 20.5 cm, The image shows a vertically oriented sheet with a multicolored printed illustration divided into upper and lower scenes. The paper is pale beige with visible creases and a narrow darker border. In the upper portion there is a central seated figure in teal and purple robes with a yellow halo, sitting on a large red lotus, flanked by a kneeling figure in purple and red on the left and a standing figure in teal and pink on the right, with stylized foliage in green and blue above. Below that there is a horizontal band of many small stylized heads and shoulders in various robes in colors including red, purple, teal, yellow, and blue, forming a crowd. The lower main panel contains a circular frame with an upright anthropomorphic animal figure, primarily white with purple outlines and accents, standing on hind legs and holding a long vertical staff that is purple and red, set against an ornate architectural backdrop in red, teal, purple, yellow, and blue with decorative patterns. Additional decorative flourishes and splashes of red, purple, teal, blue, yellow, and green appear throughout the composition.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_218

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.3Mb (3.7Mb) / 11.2in x 17.5in / 3358 x 5235 (300dpi)

Keywords

goddess Guanyin bamboo grove jade hare slaughtering herb immortality Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 35.0 cm width 20.5 cm image vertically oriented sheet multicolored printed illustration divided upper lower scenes paper pale beige visible creases narrow darker border upper portion central seated figure teal purple robes yellow halo sitting large red lotus flanked kneeling figure purple left standing figure pink right stylized foliage green blue horizontal band small stylized heads shoulders various robes colors yellow forming crowd lower main panel contains circular frame upright anthropomorphic animal figure primarily white purple outlines accents standing hind legs holding long vertical staff set ornate architectural backdrop decorative patterns Additional decorative flourishes splashes composition.