New Year picture of the “Legend of the White Snake”
This colorful poster was used to decorate the house around the new year. It depicts a scene in the folktale the “Legend of the White Snake” when the scholar Xu Xian makes offerings at a pagoda. His wife, the White Snake in human form, has been locked in the monastery’s dungeon by the cold-hearted abbot. As Xu bows to read a prayer, the spirit of the White Snake appears from within the pagoda.
Artwork Details
- 現代 彩印木刻年畫《白蛇傳》“祭塔”戲景
- Title: New Year picture of the “Legend of the White Snake”
- Artist: Unidentified artist(s) , early 20th century
- Period: Republic period (1912‒49)
- Date: early 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 20 × 11 1/16 in. (50.8 × 28.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1989
- Object Number: CP437
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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