Caption

Six Deities of the Hearth, Chinese, nianhua New Year's pictures, early 20th century, Beijing; graphic print; height 31.0 cm, width 25.2 cm., A vertically oriented print showing a symmetrical arrangement of human figures in two stacked panels, with the top panel tinted pink and the bottom panel mostly pale with black linework; in the upper section a central seated older figure with a beard and traditional robes is flanked by two smaller figures and two standing attendants at the far sides, the background of this section containing drapery and decorative panels in pink and black; the lower section shows a central stern older figure wearing a hat and wide sleeves, flanked by several standing attendants and children drawn in black lines on a pale background, with curtain-like shapes behind them; the outer margins and narrow border areas show pale green and gray tones, and the overall palette includes pink, pale yellow, pale green, gray, black, and natural paper beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_247

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.1Mb (4.7Mb) / 12.3in x 15.2in / 3680 x 4566 (300dpi)

Keywords

Six Deities Hearth Chinese nianhua New Year's pictures early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 31.0 cm width 25.2 cm vertically oriented print showing symmetrical arrangement human figures two stacked panels top panel tinted pink bottom panel mostly pale black linework upper section central seated older figure beard traditional robes flanked two smaller figures two standing attendants far sides background section containing drapery decorative panels black lower section central stern older figure wearing hat wide sleeves several children drawn black lines pale background curtain- shapes them outer margins narrow border areas pale green gray tones palette includes pale yellow gray natural paper beige.