Caption

Lu Gong — patron saint of carpenters; unknown creator graphic artist; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing; Chinese; graphic print; height 29.0 cm, width 23.5 cm., A colored illustration showing a central large figure with a mustache and beard, wearing a headdress and layered clothing, flanked by a few smaller figures on both sides; the central area includes a horizontal decorative band with a vessel and objects depicted on it, and a lower strip showing two smaller figures peeking up; the background contains curtain-like panels and patterned areas. The visible colors include yellow, pink, blue, black, red, green, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_260

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.1Mb (3.3Mb) / 12.3in x 15.2in / 3680 x 4566 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lu Gong patron saint carpenters unknown creator graphic artist nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing Chinese graphic print height 29.0 cm width 23.5 cm colored illustration showing central large figure mustache beard wearing headdress layered clothing flanked smaller figures sides central area includes horizontal decorative band vessel objects depicted lower strip showing two smaller figures peeking up background contains curtain- panels patterned areas visible colors include yellow pink blue black red green gray.