Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1901-2000 (early 20th century)
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:theatre/theatrical life
Dimensions:Height: 53.50 centimetres (Imperial mount) Width: 28 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring
IMG
![图片[1]-print BM-1982-1217-0.151-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00586953_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print BM-1982-1217-0.151-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00693829_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-print BM-1982-1217-0.151-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_0151.jpg)
Comments:The large nose, bulging eyes and full beard identify this door guard as Yuchi Gong (AD 585–658), who with Qin Qiong (died AD 638) came to the aid of a Tang dynasty emperor. The emperor was disturbed by noisy demons at night, so the two generals stood guard outside his door. In order that they would not have this duty every night, the emperor ordered images of them painted on his doors. The pair first began to appear in prints as door guards in the 16th century. They became the most popular of military images to be posted on the two panels of street doors, preventing evil from entering the house. Prints from Mianzhu usually have bold and bright designs. This one of a pair is enhanced with gold applied by stencil.
Materials:paper
Technique:woodblock
Subjects:theatre/theatrical life
Dimensions:Height: 53.50 centimetres (Imperial mount) Width: 28 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print in ink and colour with hand-colouring
IMG
Comments:The large nose, bulging eyes and full beard identify this door guard as Yuchi Gong (AD 585–658), who with Qin Qiong (died AD 638) came to the aid of a Tang dynasty emperor. The emperor was disturbed by noisy demons at night, so the two generals stood guard outside his door. In order that they would not have this duty every night, the emperor ordered images of them painted on his doors. The pair first began to appear in prints as door guards in the 16th century. They became the most popular of military images to be posted on the two panels of street doors, preventing evil from entering the house. Prints from Mianzhu usually have bold and bright designs. This one of a pair is enhanced with gold applied by stencil.
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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)
