Caption

Ten Mill Lords, unknown artist, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Chinese, Beijing; graphic print; height 26.5 cm, width 25.5 cm., A worn rectangular print showing a group of stylized male faces arranged in two horizontal rows, each face wearing a tall headdress and showing facial hair and varied expressions; the upper central faces are overlaid with a pink oval wash while a horizontal band of turquoise spans the top edge, and the background paper is an off-white with areas of grayish black ink lines and smudging; visible colors include pink, turquoise, black, off-white, and pale yellow, and the print shows uneven inking, creases, and slight discoloration.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_245

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.6Mb (3.0Mb) / 12.3in x 13.2in / 3680 x 3952 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ten Mill Lords unknown artist nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Chinese Beijing graphic print height 26.5 cm width 25.5 cm worn rectangular print showing group stylized male faces arranged two horizontal rows face wearing tall headdress showing facial hair varied expressions upper central faces overlaid pink oval wash horizontal band turquoise spans top edge background paper off-white areas grayish black ink lines smudging visible colors include pink turquoise black pale yellow print uneven inking creases slight discoloration.