early 20th century
paper: 26.1 x 19.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.45.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.9.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "Ren Jian Si Ming Zhu; Tian Shang Ear Mu Shen" ("Arbiter of Fate on Earth; Surveillance [literally, 'ear-and-eye'] Official of Heaven"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseHandscroll; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseAquatint
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.31.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao". Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.91, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju").
20th centuryChineseCommercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.90, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju"); compare with 1935.37.89 and .102.
20th centuryChinese