Paper God: Barn God with Two Attendants

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.25.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Da Shun" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Lingbao". Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.108.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading: "Man Men Zeng Fu" ("Increase Blessings for the Entire Household"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Woodblock print in three layers, folded and packed together; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "You Xian Zhi Shen" ("Oil God?"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.