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Menshen Gate Guardian, gift, Chinese art, Chinese culture, inscriptions, guards, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, scrolls, nianhua New Year's picture, depicted as a dark-faced civil dignitary holding an inscribed scroll, early 20th century, Fengxiang place of origin, graphic print, height 57.0 cm, width 35.5 cm, A stylized figure wearing an ornate headdress and long flowing robes stands against a plain beige background; the headdress features geometric shapes and decorative cloud-like elements in red, green, yellow, and black, with red ribbons hanging down, while the face is pale with black hair, a mustache, and long black beard strands. The robes are richly patterned with floral and wave-like motifs in purple, green, red, teal, and yellow, and a sash in muted yellow drapes across the torso; the figure holds the sash with one hand and a vertical staff-like object with the other, both outlined in black. Small decorative marks and spots appear on the background and near the hem of the robes, and the overall image is bordered by a thin white margin.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_109

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51.2Mo (4.5Mo) / 28.7cm x 44.7cm / 3390 x 5283 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Menshen Gate Guardian gift Chinese art Chinese culture inscriptions guards Menshen Gate Guardian iconography scrolls nianhua New Year's picture depicted dark-faced civil dignitary holding inscribed scroll early 20th century Fengxiang place origin graphic print height 57.0 cm width 35.5 cm stylized figure wearing ornate headdress long flowing robes stands plain beige background headdress features geometric shapes decorative cloud- elements red green yellow black red ribbons hanging down face pale black hair mustache long black beard strands robes richly patterned floral wave- motifs purple teal sash muted yellow drapes across torso figure holds hand vertical staff- object outlined Small decorative marks spots background near hem image bordered thin white margin.