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Menshen Gate Guardian on Horseback, Chinese culture, Menshen Gate Guardian iconography, nianhua New Year's pictures, right counterpart to no. SKAZgr 887, early 20th century, China, graphic print, height 40.0 cm, width 27.0 cm, The image shows a colorful printed figure of a person in ornate armor riding a horse, with the person's face rendered in a bright magenta and the armor and decorations in shades of green, orange, yellow, and gold; the horse is primarily white with orange and green tack and decorative elements. The figure wears a large, detailed headdress with green and orange sections and holds a gesture with one raised hand while the other holds reins or a staff. There is a smaller figure near the rider's chest wearing similar colored clothing. The composition sits on a patterned ground of interlocking diamond shapes in black and white, and the background is an off-white, textured paper with some small scattered flecks and spots in orange, green, and black.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_265

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47.3Mo (3.4Mo) / 29.2cm x 40.7cm / 3443 x 4802 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Menshen Gate Guardian Horseback Chinese culture Menshen Gate Guardian iconography nianhua New Year's pictures right counterpart no SKAZgr 887 early 20th century China graphic print height 40.0 cm width 27.0 cm image colorful printed figure person ornate armor riding horse person's face rendered bright magenta armor decorations shades green orange yellow gold primarily white green tack decorative elements figure wears large detailed headdress orange sections holds gesture raised hand holds reins staff smaller figure near rider's chest wearing colored clothing composition sits patterned ground interlocking diamond shapes black white background off-white textured paper small scattered flecks spots black.