Caption

Menshen Gate Guardians, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, Chinese art, Chinese culture, nianhua New Year's pictures, early 20th century, Lingbao place of origin, graphic print, height 27.5 cm, width 27.0 cm, A pair of stylized figures wearing long robes stand side by side, each holding a round floral motif at their midsection and a long curved object; their robes are mainly red and green with yellow accents and black outlines, and each figure has a black hat and long black facial hair. Between them is a small pedestal with decorative objects and floral elements in red, yellow, and green, and a few floating petal-like shapes above. The background is a light beige paper with visible creases and a narrow off-white border, and there are small splatters of red and green paint across the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_271

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.2Mb (2.7Mb) / 12.5in x 12.2in / 3744 x 3658 (300dpi)

Keywords

Menshen Gate Guardians Menshen Gate Guardian iconography Chinese art Chinese culture nianhua New Year's pictures early 20th century Lingbao place origin graphic print height 27.5 cm width 27.0 cm pair stylized figures wearing long robes stand side side holding round floral motif midsection long curved object robes mainly red green yellow accents black outlines figure black hat long black facial hair them small pedestal decorative objects floral elements red yellow floating petal- shapes background light beige paper visible creases narrow off-white border small splatters green paint across image.