Caption

Goddess favoring the conception of a child; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing; Chinese; graphic print; height 29.5 cm, width 24.7 cm;, A central seated figure with a round face and black hair wearing a yellow robe and an ornate headpiece is flanked by a few attendants on both sides; the faces and clothing are outlined in black ink with visible brush strokes. The background includes decorative vertical panels and drapery with patterns in green, yellow, and pink tones. A horizontal band in pink crosses the lower chest area and extends across the composition, overlapping the hands of the central figure. The image shows areas of faded color, paper texture, and some worn or abraded spots where the surface is lighter or missing. Overall visible colors include yellow, pink, red, green, black, purple, and areas of off-white paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_228

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.6Mb (3.2Mb) / 11.7in x 13.8in / 3503 x 4152 (300dpi)

Keywords

Goddess favoring conception child nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing Chinese graphic print height 29.5 cm width 24.7 cm central seated figure round face black hair wearing yellow robe ornate headpiece flanked attendants sides faces clothing outlined black ink visible brush strokes background includes decorative vertical panels drapery patterns green yellow pink tones horizontal band pink crosses lower chest area extends across composition overlapping hands central figure image areas faded color paper texture worn abraded spots surface lighter missing visible colors include pink red black purple off-white paper.