Caption

Deity Protecting Cattle, nianhua New Year's picture, graphic print, early 20th century, Beijing; Chinese; height 26.0 cm, width 25.5 cm; protective deities iconography., The image shows a printed illustration on a pale beige sheet with worn edges, featuring a large central figure with a broad face and stern expression outlined in dark lines and filled with a translucent pink wash, flanked by two smaller figures also highlighted with the same pink tint; there are two vertical purple rectangular marks near the central figure’s head and a horizontal band of teal across the top, with additional teal smudging at the top corners; the drawing includes fine black linework suggesting clothing and decorative patterns, and the whole sheet is set against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_237

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.3Mb (2.8Mb) / 12.5in x 12.9in / 3744 x 3858 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity Protecting Cattle nianhua New Year's picture graphic print early 20th century Beijing Chinese height 26.0 cm width 25.5 cm protective deities iconography image printed illustration pale beige sheet worn edges featuring large central figure broad face stern expression outlined dark lines filled translucent pink wash flanked two smaller figures also highlighted pink tint two vertical purple rectangular marks near central figure’s head horizontal band teal across top additional teal smudging top corners drawing includes fine black linework suggesting clothing decorative patterns whole sheet set neutral gray background.