Légende

Deity — Guardian of the City with four acolytes;, protective deities iconography; acolytes; Chinese culture; nianhua New Year's pictures; early 20th century, China; graphic print; height 22.5 cm, width 15.8 cm., A printed scene on beige paper shows a central seated figure with a mustache and beard wearing a wide headdress and flowing robes, surrounded by three smaller attendants with distinct hairstyles and robes; a patterned curtain frames the scene at the top and sides, and a semicircular area of irregular red dots appears above the curtain; there is also a horizontal red brushstroke crossing the upper third of the image, and the overall image contains black ink linework on a beige background with red accents and a dark gray border.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_176

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52.2Mo (5.3Mo) / 30.4cm x 43.0cm / 3592 x 5076 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Deity Guardian City four acolytes protective deities iconography acolytes Chinese culture nianhua New Year's pictures early 20th century China graphic print height 22.5 cm width 15.8 cm printed scene beige paper central seated figure mustache beard wearing wide headdress flowing robes surrounded three smaller attendants distinct hairstyles robes patterned curtain frames scene top sides semicircular area irregular red dots also horizontal brushstroke crossing upper third image contains black ink linework beige background red accents dark gray border.