Caption

Menshen Gatekeeper; creator, Chinese; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century; Lingbao place of origin; woodblock/graphic print; height 18.0 cm, width 10.5 cm; iconography: Menshen gatekeeper depiction., A standing figure wearing a tall black hat with red accents and long black tassels is depicted on a beige background; the figure has a pale face with black facial hair and facial lines, and holds a small object in one hand and a bowl-like object in the other. The figure wears layered robes primarily in red and green with yellow trim and accents, and there are black outlines and detailing throughout the clothing. A few small colored marks and smudges appear on the background in green, yellow, red, and black.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_270

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.1Mb (4.4Mb) / 10.0in x 16.8in / 2994 x 5030 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gatekeeper creator Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Lingbao place origin woodblock graphic print height 18.0 cm width 10.5 cm iconography Menshen gatekeeper depiction standing figure wearing tall black hat red accents long black tassels depicted beige background figure pale face black facial hair facial lines holds small object hand bowl- object figure wears layered robes primarily red green yellow trim accents black outlines detailing clothing small colored marks smudges background yellow black.