early 20th century
paper: 55.7 x 23.2 cm (21 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription titled "Cang Shen Gong" ("Palace of the Barn God") and couplets from right to left reading "Nian Nian Qu Bu Jin; Yue Yue Yong You Yu" ("Affluent Harvests Year after Year; Abundant Produce Month after Month"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.94.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Mei(?) Ku Zhi Shen" (Coal Mine God). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChinese
Woodblock print; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Si Ming Zhu" ("Arbiter of Fate").
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xiao Gong Zhi Shen" ("Heavenly General Xiao"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to lef: "Jing Quan Long Wang Shen Wei" ("Divine Dragon King of the Well"). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading from right to left: "Yuan Tai" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xinjiang, Shanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhang Lao Xianggong" ("Old Master Zhang"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.15.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print in three layers, folded and packed together; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zeng Sheng Wu Gege" ("Five Brothers of Increasing Prosperity"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChinese