Door God: Top-Rank Scholar Holding a &quot;Ruyi&quot; Scepter

Jiansheng Dong, 1994-1996

Spring

New Year Print: Qilin Delivering Sons and Good Wishes

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.20.

Opera-Scene Print: Family Reunion of Han Yaoqi and His Son Han Qinghu

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of print title (also title of the opera): "Quan Jia Fu" ("Family Portrait"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Paper God: Kitchen God, Arbiter of Fate, Riding His Horse to Heaven

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; probably related to 1935.37.45.

Paper God: Kitchen God Seated with Four Attendants

Woodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; almost identical to 1935.36.116.

Paper Gods: Gods of Happiness and Nobility with Two Attendants

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Xi Gui Zhi Shen" ("Gods of Happiness and Nobility"), another inscription reading vertically: "Ying Xi" ("Welcoming Happiness"). Probably from Beijing.

Maduo, a Town by the Source of the Yellow River

Mo Ce 莫測, 1987

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Ornamental Stationery of the Ten Bamboo Studio ("Shih-chu-chai chien-p'u")

Unknown Artist, 1952

Ink on paper

Paper God: Daoist Goddess of Water

Woodblock 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.

Door God: Top-Rank Scholar Holding the Scepter of Office

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.111.

New Year Print: Rooster Brings "Fu Gui" ("Wealth") and an Auspicious Pendant Couplet Reading "Tian Xia Tong Chun" ("Everyone Shares the Same Spring")

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Hua Dian" ("print shop") at bottom right. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; probable pair with 1935.37.99.

Pantheon of Gods: "Tian Di Shui Fu San Yuan San Pin San Guan Da Di" ("Three Officials of the Heaven, the Earth, and the Water")

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription on the gate reading: "San Guan Tang" ("Hall of the Three Offcials"), and a couplet reading from right to left: "Chen Hun San Kou Shou; Zao Wan Yi Lu Xiang" ("Three Kowtows Every Dawn and Dusk; One Burner of Incense Every Morning and Evening"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.