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Description

Vertical print depicting a yellow tiger with green eyes, and two orange and red flowers with green foliage beside the tiger's tail. The image is printed in black ink on a rectangular piece of light brown-yellow paper; the colours were added in paint. The tiger's front paws are at the bottom of the print, with the tip of its tail ending near the top.

History Of Use

Known as menshen (門神, door gods), they are considered to protect homes from evil spirits. Prints depicting them are usually displayed on the door inside and outside the house during the Chinese Spring Festival (春節) or Lunar New Year. Such prints are thus known as nianhua (年画, new year pictures). Civil door gods would be displayed on the inner doors of the home.

Narrative

Collected by Johnson at Kun Iam Tong (观音堂), or Guan Yin Temple, Macau (澳門), in 1981. This print would be paired with print 806/10 c. It was also likely meant to be paired with a civil door god print, (for example, a print like 1154/1 a).

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