early 20th century
paper: 55.7 x 23.2 cm (21 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.36.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.113.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xi Shen" ("God of Happiness"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChinese
Commercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
19th-20th centuryChinese
Commercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop insciprtion reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name); Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan Tai" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi.
20th centuryChinese
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with hand coloring on verso
20th centuryChinese
Color lithograph; ink and colors on paper; with artist's penciled romanized inscription and signature (along the bottom edge of the print) reading "EA / 'Gu' / Valley / Chen Chi-Kwan 1996" with publisher's embossed circular stamp reading (to the left of the artist's inscription) reading "Ateliers d'Art Desjobert Paris"
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription for the qilin and lion reading: "Bi E Qilin, Zhen Zhai Shizi" ("Qilin Wards Off Evil Spirits; Lion Guards the House"), printed inscription on horseback: "Fu" ("Good Fortune") and on deer's back "Lu" (Emoluments), and printed inscription "Sheng Ji" ("Roosters"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao". Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.91, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju").
20th centuryChinese