Caption

The Great King Golden Dragon IV, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 38.0 cm, width 23.5 cm., A colorful printed image on a beige sheet with a wide pale border shows a central framed scene of a seated figure with a pale face, long black beard, and an ornate headdress, flanked by smaller attendant figures; the seated figure wears robes and holds a long staff or scepter. The framing and decorative elements around the figure include a patterned canopy and architectural motifs above, with stylized floral and dragon-like shapes. Visible colors include yellow, red, green, purple, black, white, and pale beige from the background paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_220

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.7Mb (2.1Mb) / 12.3in x 11.9in / 3701 x 3558 (300dpi)

Keywords

Great King Golden Dragon IV Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 38.0 cm width 23.5 cm colorful printed image beige sheet wide pale border central framed scene seated figure pale face long black beard ornate headdress flanked smaller attendant figures wears robes holds long staff scepter framing decorative elements figure include patterned canopy architectural motifs stylized floral dragon- shapes Visible colors include yellow red green purple black white pale beige background paper.