early 20th century
paper: 44.3 x 26.7 cm (17 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "San Qing Tian Bao Tian Zun" ("Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription on the shrine reading "Ju Bao Tang" ("Hall of Plentiful Treasure"), and printed couplet reading from right to left: "Tu Zhong Sheng Bai Yu; Di Nei Chu Huang Jin" ("Pure Jade Grows out of the Earth; Yellow Gold Comes out of the Ground"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and colors on paper; with signature in English and Chinese both reading "Li Zhong Xiang" and with a printed, square, red, intaglio seal impression reading "Zhong Xiang" in the lower right corner
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 1935.37.53; compare with .60.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.114.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of character names from right to left: "Da Dao Guan Sheng" ("Guan Sheng the Big Halberd"), "Jin Qiang Shou Xu Ning" ("Xu Ning the Metal Lancer") and "Shuang Bian" ("Two Rods": nickname of Huyan Zhuo). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Rong" ("Prosperous Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.127.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.86; compare with 1935.37.122.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Dou Zhen Niangniang" ("Smallpox Goddess"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChinese