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. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.23; image identical to 1980.92.9.
20th centuryChinese
Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zeng Fu Ji Bao Cai Shen" ("the God of Wealth Who Increases Fortune and Accumulating Treasure"). Probably from Beijing; compare with 1935.36.60.
20th centuryChinese
Commercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xin Yi Cheng" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.109.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Shui Mu Niangniang" ("Water Goddess"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
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 reading "Lingbao". Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.37.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Wu Dao Zhi Shen" (Gods of Five Routes). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Puxian Pusa" ("Samantabhadra Bodhisattva"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.70; compare with 1935.37.125.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Wu Si Gong" ("Wu Si Palace"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChinese