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Menshen Gate Guardian, gift; Chinese art, Chinese culture; nianhua New Year's picture showing a gate guardian depicted as a civil dignitary holding a ruyi auspicious scepter and a peony flower; early 20th century, Fengxiang; graphic print; height 51.0 cm, width 28.0 cm., A richly colored figure wearing an ornate headdress and flowing robes stands against a beige background; the headdress and robes show a mix of red, purple, teal, green, yellow, pink, black, and turquoise with intricate floral and cloud-like patterns, and the figure has a black mustache and long black beard and painted facial features; one hand holds a red and green flower-like object while the other holds a decorated staff with hanging circular ornaments in red, purple, green, and yellow; a stylized bird with multicolored feathers in teal, purple, red, yellow, and black appears near the figure’s lower robe, and additional decorative elements and scalloped patterns in similar colors surround the figure.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_111

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49.7Mo (3.4Mo) / 26.9cm x 46.2cm / 3183 x 5457 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Menshen Gate Guardian gift Chinese art Chinese culture nianhua New Year's picture showing gate guardian depicted civil dignitary holding ruyi auspicious scepter peony flower early 20th century Fengxiang graphic print height 51.0 cm width 28.0 cm richly colored figure wearing ornate headdress flowing robes stands beige background headdress robes mix red purple teal green yellow pink black turquoise intricate floral cloud- patterns figure black mustache long black beard painted facial features hand holds green flower- object holds decorated staff hanging circular ornaments stylized bird multicolored feathers near figure’s lower robe additional decorative elements scalloped patterns colors surround figure.