Menshen Gate Guardian Bringing Children, unknown artist, Chinese, early 20th century, nianhua New Year's picture, Lingbao origin, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, pendant to SKAZgr 919, graphic print, height 58.0 cm, width 33.9 cm, A colorful painted scene on a beige paper background shows an adult figure wearing a black hat and a richly patterned robe in purple, red, green, yellow, orange, pink, and blue, with long black facial hair and pink blush on the cheeks; the figure holds a decorative object featuring leaves and flowers in green, red, yellow, and a round yellow element. Behind the adult is a circular fan-like ornament with green fringe, yellow and red details, and slender candle-like shapes. Beside and slightly behind the adult is a smaller childlike figure with a pale face, pink cheeks, and hair tied into small buns, wearing an orange and green garment. The clothing and surrounding decorations display intricate multicolored patterns, including swirls, floral motifs, and laye...
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Menshen Gate Guardian Bringing Children, unknown artist, Chinese, early 20th century, nianhua New Year's picture, Lingbao origin, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, pendant to SKAZgr 919, graphic print, height 58.0 cm, width 33.9 cm, A colorful painted scene on a beige paper background shows an adult figure wearing a black hat and a richly patterned robe in purple, red, green, yellow, orange, pink, and blue, with long black facial hair and pink blush on the cheeks; the figure holds a decorative object featuring leaves and flowers in green, red, yellow, and a round yellow element. Behind the adult is a circular fan-like ornament with green fringe, yellow and red details, and slender candle-like shapes. Beside and slightly behind the adult is a smaller childlike figure with a pale face, pink cheeks, and hair tied into small buns, wearing an orange and green garment. The clothing and surrounding decorations display intricate multicolored patterns, including swirls, floral motifs, and layered geometric shapes in bright colors against the neutral paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Menshen Gate Guardian Bringing Children unknown artist Chinese early 20th century nianhua New Year's picture Lingbao origin Menshen Gate Guardian iconography pendant SKAZgr 919 graphic print height 58.0 cm width 33.9 cm colorful painted scene beige paper background adult figure wearing black hat richly patterned robe purple red green yellow orange pink blue long black facial hair pink blush cheeks figure holds decorative object featuring leaves flowers round yellow element adult circular fan- ornament green fringe red details slender candle- shapes Beside slightly smaller childlike figure pale face pink cheeks hair tied small buns wearing green garment clothing surrounding decorations display intricate multicolored patterns swirls floral motifs layered geometric shapes bright colors neutral paper.

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