Caption

Images of deer with emblems; creator, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, China; Chinese; graphic print; height 27.5 cm, width 12.5 cm., The image shows a vertical sheet with a repeating printed design of a stylized animal figure arranged in two rows and two columns, each figure facing slightly inward. The animals are predominantly yellow with small dark spots and have raised front legs and curved tails. Each animal wears a layered decorative harness and saddle in green and red tones, with additional dark green outlines. Behind each animal's head is a red flame-like crest and a circular disk rendered in yellow and green. There are brushy splatters and smudges of green and red paint across the sheet, especially near the edges and between the printed panels. The sheet background is an aged off-white with uneven discoloration, and thin black printed border lines divide the panels. The overall palette shows yellow, red, green, black, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_279

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.7Mb (2.7Mb) / 8.3in x 17.3in / 2479 x 5180 (300dpi)

Keywords

Images deer emblems creator nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century China Chinese graphic print height 27.5 cm width 12.5 cm image vertical sheet repeating printed design stylized animal figure arranged two rows two columns figure facing slightly inward animals predominantly yellow small dark spots raised front legs curved tails animal wears layered decorative harness saddle green red tones additional dark green outlines animal's head red flame- crest circular disk rendered yellow brushy splatters smudges red paint across sheet near edges printed panels sheet background aged off-white uneven discoloration thin black border lines divide panels palette red black off-white.