early 20th century
32.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/4 x 9 in.)
Woodblock print; ink, color and silver on paper; with silver foils on some figures' faces; a fraction at bottom is not color printed, possibly it was originally folded in; with printed inscription on the carriage reading: "Yu Huang Shang Di" ("The Jade Emperor"), on the left red banner reading: "Tiandi Sanjie Shifang Zhenzai"("True Rulers of Heaven, Earth, The Three Realms and Ten Directions"), and on the right blue banner reading: "Shang Yuan Ci Fu Tianguan" ("The Daoist Heavenly Official Who Grants Forturne"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.118.
20th centuryChineseHand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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 1935.37.38.
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, color and gold on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.47.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper
20th centuryChinese
Commercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading "Lingbao". Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.76.
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 on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Tian Hou Niangniang" ("Heavenly Empress"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Lingbao Xian" ("County of Lingbao"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChinese