Légende

The Deity of the Five Ways, protective deities iconography, Chinese, nianhua New Year's picture, early 20th century, Beijing, graphic print, height 25.3 cm, width 25.5 cm, A printed image of a central masked figure with a stern expression and a mustache, flanked by a few similar stern-faced figures, all drawn with bold black lines on a beige background and overlaid with a large irregular red shape; there are accents of purple on vertical elements beside the central figure and a teal band along the top, with additional touches of pale blue and pink; the composition shows ornamental line work, curved garments, hands holding a rounded object near the bottom, and decorative motifs around the edges.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_256

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38.5Mo (2.4Mo) / 30.7cm x 31.3cm / 3631 x 3702 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Deity Five Ways protective deities iconography Chinese nianhua New Year's picture early 20th century Beijing graphic print height 25.3 cm width 25.5 cm printed image central masked figure stern expression mustache flanked stern-faced figures drawn bold black lines beige background overlaid large irregular red shape accents purple vertical elements beside central figure teal band top additional touches pale blue pink composition ornamental line work curved garments hands holding rounded object near bottom decorative motifs edges.