Period:Qing dynasty Production date:c. 1690-c. 1720
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:deity
Dimensions:Height: 45.50 centimetres (image) Height: 46.60 centimetres (paper) Width: 22.30 centimetres (image) Width: 25.20 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring on paper. In the print the military door guard wears armour and a spiked helmet, carries a long-handled axe and seems about to remove an arrow from its quiver.
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![图片[1]-print BM-1928-0323-0.40-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00022769_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1928-0323-0.40-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00022770_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-print BM-1928-0323-0.40-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00098139_001.jpg)
![图片[4]-print BM-1928-0323-0.40-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00711847_001.jpg)
Comments:Michaelson 2006:The woodblocks were printed in two colours, to which other colours were applied by hand. Blocks for New Year prints were produced over many decades and printed annually for the lunar New Year. These ephemeral prints rarely survive, as they were meant to be burned. This print is particularly interesting because it was in the founding collection of the British Museum in 1753.Such guardian gods were generally made in pairs with their faces portrayed full frontally, but the bodies were usually turned slightly to face each other across the door. Some of these New Year prints are quite crudely executed, but this is a more sophisticated example.YPL 29 Oct 2019Previously dated 17001928,0323,0.12-42 dating all changed to ca. 1690-1720 based on advice from Anne Farrer The red face of the guard shows his stalwart military character. With its emphasis on armed strength, the print might have been posted on a door to protect a house. This image may be a rare survivor of the 18th-century Mianzhu print style.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:deity
Dimensions:Height: 45.50 centimetres (image) Height: 46.60 centimetres (paper) Width: 22.30 centimetres (image) Width: 25.20 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring on paper. In the print the military door guard wears armour and a spiked helmet, carries a long-handled axe and seems about to remove an arrow from its quiver.
IMG
Comments:Michaelson 2006:The woodblocks were printed in two colours, to which other colours were applied by hand. Blocks for New Year prints were produced over many decades and printed annually for the lunar New Year. These ephemeral prints rarely survive, as they were meant to be burned. This print is particularly interesting because it was in the founding collection of the British Museum in 1753.Such guardian gods were generally made in pairs with their faces portrayed full frontally, but the bodies were usually turned slightly to face each other across the door. Some of these New Year prints are quite crudely executed, but this is a more sophisticated example.YPL 29 Oct 2019Previously dated 17001928,0323,0.12-42 dating all changed to ca. 1690-1720 based on advice from Anne Farrer The red face of the guard shows his stalwart military character. With its emphasis on armed strength, the print might have been posted on a door to protect a house. This image may be a rare survivor of the 18th-century Mianzhu print style.
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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)
