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Deities - Guardians of wells and springs; guardian deities iconography; nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, China; graphic print; height 14.5 cm, width 10.5 cm;, A black-and-white line drawing shows three robed figures framed by a rectangular border with a trimmed top. In the center sits a bearded man with a halo-like circle behind his head, wearing layered flowing robes and holding a long slender staff or rod vertically; he has a high hair knot and a long beard. To the left stands a shorter figure in layered clothing with a tied sash and a roundish face, holding a staff topped with a rounded object and wearing simple shoes. To the right stands another robed figure with a long beard or facial hair and a capped head, hands held together near the chest and wearing wide sleeves and shoes. The background is plain, the line work is dark black on a light grayish-white paper, and subtle variations of gray appear in the paper texture and shading.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_170

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42.2Mo (4.3Mo) / 28.5cm x 37.1cm / 3363 x 4383 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Deities - Guardians wells springs guardian deities iconography nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century China graphic print height 14.5 cm width 10.5 cm black- -white line drawing three robed figures framed rectangular border trimmed top center sits bearded man halo- circle head wearing layered flowing robes holding long slender staff rod vertically high hair knot long beard left stands shorter figure layered clothing tied sash roundish face staff topped rounded object wearing simple shoes right stands another robed figure facial hair capped head hands held together near chest wearing wide sleeves shoes background plain line work dark black light grayish-white paper subtle variations gray paper texture shading.