Door God: Heavenly Official Holding a "Shuangxi" ("Double Happiness") Vase of Peonies, with Two Boys Presenting a Libation Cup and a Deer

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.69.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription: "Xin Chun" ("New Spring"), and a printed shop inscription: "Yi Cheng Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; identical to 1935.36.126.3.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1980.92.3.

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 Xi'an, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.51.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with hand coloring on verso

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Jiu Tian Xuan Nü" ("Goddess of Nine Heavens"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.121; compare with 1935.37.120.