Caption

Menshen Gatekeeper, Chinese culture, Menshen Gatekeeper iconography, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Lingbao place of origin, graphic print, height 28.0 cm, width 19.5 cm, A colorful painted scene shows a stylized figure wearing ornate armor and a headdress, rendered in bright greens, reds, yellows, pink, black, and touches of blue, with a smaller face visible on the figure's chest area; the main figure has a pink face with dark eyebrows and is gesturing with one hand raised while holding a long staff in the other; they are seated on a decorative horse depicted in yellow with red, green, and black accents and patterned saddlery; surrounding areas show brushstrokes and splatters of red, green, and yellow paint on a beige paper background with a narrow off-white border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_269

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.1Mb (5.2Mb) / 12.5in x 17.1in / 3744 x 5144 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gatekeeper Chinese culture Menshen Gatekeeper iconography nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Lingbao place origin graphic print height 28.0 cm width 19.5 cm colorful painted scene stylized figure wearing ornate armor headdress rendered bright greens reds yellows pink black touches blue smaller face visible figure's chest area main figure pink face dark eyebrows gesturing hand raised holding long staff seated decorative horse depicted yellow red green black accents patterned saddlery surrounding areas brushstrokes splatters yellow paint beige paper background narrow off-white border.