Caption

River God, unknown artist, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 30.3 cm, width 25.5 cm., The image shows a rectangular paper print with an arrangement of faces and figures drawn in dark ink on a yellowed background with areas of pink and faded washes; central at the top is a large seated figure wearing an ornate headdress and layered garments flanked by several smaller figures with mustaches and beards; below the central figure is a low table or altar holding a teapot-shaped vessel and a few vessel-like objects, with a draped cloth hanging down; surrounding the table are groups of attendants and smaller faces, some holding objects and some with hands together; the border area at the top includes a band with green and pink color blocks and linear decorative patterns, and the whole print shows visible brush or block-print lines, slight smudging, and uneven ink density in black, green, pink, and yellow tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_246

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.4Mb (3.1Mb) / 11.9in x 14.4in / 3583 x 4328 (300dpi)

Keywords

River God unknown artist Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 30.3 cm width 25.5 cm image rectangular paper print arrangement faces figures drawn dark ink yellowed background areas pink faded washes central top large seated figure wearing ornate headdress layered garments flanked several smaller figures mustaches beards central figure low table altar holding teapot-shaped vessel vessel- objects draped cloth hanging down surrounding table groups attendants smaller faces holding objects hands together border area top includes band green pink color blocks linear decorative patterns whole print visible brush block-print lines slight smudging uneven ink density black yellow tones.