Goddess assisted by four acolytes; creator, Chinese; nianhua New Year's picture; early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 25.5 cm, width 22.8 cm., A hand-drawn scene shows a central seated figure with a round face, a calm expression, and a decorative headpiece, flanked by a few attendant figures on either side; the figures are outlined in black ink with visible line work and simple facial features. The composition includes a frontal upper-body view of the central figure with folded hands or crossed arms, and attendants shown in partial profile or three-quarter view. The background contains draped curtain-like shapes and vertical decorative panels behind the central figure. The artwork is colored with washes of pale yellow over much of the central robe, soft pink and red across the top and a horizontal band near the middle, touches of light purple near the head area, and areas of light blue near the top border; there are also faint areas of beige or off-white paper visible thr...
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Goddess assisted by four acolytes; creator, Chinese; nianhua New Year's picture; early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 25.5 cm, width 22.8 cm., A hand-drawn scene shows a central seated figure with a round face, a calm expression, and a decorative headpiece, flanked by a few attendant figures on either side; the figures are outlined in black ink with visible line work and simple facial features. The composition includes a frontal upper-body view of the central figure with folded hands or crossed arms, and attendants shown in partial profile or three-quarter view. The background contains draped curtain-like shapes and vertical decorative panels behind the central figure. The artwork is colored with washes of pale yellow over much of the central robe, soft pink and red across the top and a horizontal band near the middle, touches of light purple near the head area, and areas of light blue near the top border; there are also faint areas of beige or off-white paper visible throughout. The image shows a rectangular frame and a neutral gray border around the artwork, and the paper surface exhibits slight creases and worn edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A20_229

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44.3Mb (4.6Mb) / 12.3in x 14.0in / 3694 x 4194 (300dpi)

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Goddess assisted four acolytes creator Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 25.5 cm width 22.8 cm hand-drawn scene central seated figure round face calm expression decorative headpiece flanked attendant figures side figures outlined black ink visible line work simple facial features composition includes frontal upper-body view central figure folded hands crossed arms attendants shown partial profile three-quarter view background contains draped curtain- shapes vertical decorative panels artwork colored washes pale yellow central robe soft pink red across top horizontal band near middle touches light purple near head area areas light blue near top border also faint areas beige off-white paper visible image rectangular frame neutral gray border paper surface exhibits slight creases worn edges.

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