Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1900-1905 (circa)
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:child
Dimensions:Height: 52.80 centimetres (Imperial mount) Width: 30.10 centimetres
Description:
woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring on paper
IMG
![图片[1]-popular print BM-1990-0306-0.13-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00585638_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-popular print BM-1990-0306-0.13-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00693832_001.jpg)
Comments:While prints of military figures guarded the street doors, images of civilian officials with benign faces, were pasted on inner doors. Here, their heavy robes with floating sleeves bear a crane badge, symbolising the highest rank in the civil service. As bearers of good luck, they and their young followers carry auspicious objects. The officials are usually shown in three-quarter view and have an aura of quiet dignity. In this left-hand print of a pair, the official holds a qilin on a tray. The qilin symbolises ‘long life, grandeur, felicity, illustrious offspring, and wise administration’. A peach, symbolising long life, appears in the cloud issuing from its mouth. See also its pair (1990,0306,0.12).
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:child
Dimensions:Height: 52.80 centimetres (Imperial mount) Width: 30.10 centimetres
Description:
woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring on paper
IMG
Comments:While prints of military figures guarded the street doors, images of civilian officials with benign faces, were pasted on inner doors. Here, their heavy robes with floating sleeves bear a crane badge, symbolising the highest rank in the civil service. As bearers of good luck, they and their young followers carry auspicious objects. The officials are usually shown in three-quarter view and have an aura of quiet dignity. In this left-hand print of a pair, the official holds a qilin on a tray. The qilin symbolises ‘long life, grandeur, felicity, illustrious offspring, and wise administration’. A peach, symbolising long life, appears in the cloud issuing from its mouth. See also its pair (1990,0306,0.12).
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
