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Deity guarding the house; nianhua New Year's picture, graphic print on paper; Chinese; early 20th century; Yanzhou; height 24.0 cm, width 19.0 cm., The image shows a simple black ink line drawing on a beige paper background with a gray border; it depicts parts of a building with a tiled roof and decorative eaves, vertical pillars, and a slanted beam cutting across the scene. Inside the structure a person in traditional clothing is visible behind the beam, holding an object that resembles a staff or stick, and another person is partially visible at the lower right corner with an arm raised. Below the roofline there is a covered stall or canopy with draped fabric and structural posts, and near the bottom left there is a coiled or rounded form that could be a fabric roll or bundle. The drawing uses black lines and shading on beige paper, and there is a small red rectangular mark near the upper right of the drawn area.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_145

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47.1Mo (3.3Mo) / 31.7cm x 37.2cm / 3744 x 4396 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Deity guarding house nianhua New Year's picture graphic print paper Chinese early 20th century Yanzhou height 24.0 cm width 19.0 cm image simple black ink line drawing beige paper background gray border depicts parts building tiled roof decorative eaves vertical pillars slanted beam cutting across scene Inside structure person traditional clothing visible beam holding object resembles staff stick another person partially visible lower right corner arm raised roofline covered stall canopy draped fabric structural posts near bottom left coiled rounded form fabric roll bundle drawing uses black lines shading beige paper small red rectangular mark near upper right drawn area.