Paper Gods: "Tiandi Sanjie Shibafo Zhushen" ("Gods of Heaven, Earth and the Three Realms, and the Eighteen Buddhas")

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Damo Lao Zu" ("Bodhidharma, the Founder"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription titled "Cang Shen Gong" ("Palace of the Barn God") and couplets from right to left reading "Nian Nian Qu Bu Jin; Yue Yue Yong You Yu" ("Affluent Harvests Year after Year; Abundant Produce Month after Month"). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.51.

Woodblock 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 1935.37.124.

Woodblock 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.

Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription for the qilin and lion reading: "Bi E Qilin, Zhen Zhai Shizi" ("Qilin Wards Off Evil Spirits; Lion Guards the House"), printed inscription on horseback: "Fu" ("Good Fortune") and on deer's back "Lu" (Emoluments), and printed inscription "Sheng Ji" ("Roosters"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xie Li" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.118.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.69.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; identical to 1935.36.126.9.

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.91 and .102.