Légende

Deity protecting against demons, nianhua New Year's picture, graphic print, early 20th century, Chinese, Lingbao, graphic, height 20.0 cm, width 10.5 cm., A vertically oriented image on a beige background shows two stylized figures rendered in bold black outlines and filled with green, pink, yellow, and red watercolor-like washes; the larger figure occupies most of the left and center, wearing layered garments with curved patterns and a rounded headpiece, a dark beard, and an intense facial expression, holding a horizontal pole or staff above the head with one arm raised and one leg lifted, while the smaller figure to the right kneels and faces the larger figure, also holding a short horizontal object above its head and wearing striped clothing and a small headpiece; scattered decorative marks and brushstrokes in green, pink, and yellow appear around the figures, and the image is framed by a narrow off-white border.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A20_278

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51.5Mo (5.1Mo) / 27.2cm x 47.5cm / 3208 x 5616 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Deity protecting demons nianhua New Year's picture graphic print early 20th century Chinese Lingbao graphic height 20.0 cm width 10.5 cm vertically oriented image beige background two stylized figures rendered bold black outlines filled green pink yellow red watercolor- washes larger figure occupies left center wearing layered garments curved patterns rounded headpiece dark beard intense facial expression holding horizontal pole staff head arm raised leg lifted smaller figure right kneels faces larger figure also holding short horizontal object wearing striped clothing small headpiece scattered decorative marks brushstrokes figures framed narrow off-white border.