early 20th century
33.5 x 22 cm (13 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Possibly from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseHand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1980.92.3.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.37.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading from right to left: "Yi Sheng" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xinjiang, Shanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Song Sheng Niangniang" ("Goddess of Childbirth"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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 Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.25.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Tai" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.52.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Tao Hua Xian Gu" ("Immortal Lady of Peach Blossoms"). 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 "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.61.
20th centuryChinese