New Year Print: Qilin Delivering Sons and Good Wishes

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to lef: "Jing Quan Long Wang Shen Wei" ("Divine Dragon King of the Well"). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1980.92.1 and 1935.37.11.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.40.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Chuang Gong Chuang Mu" ("Bed God and Goddess"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; compare with 1980.92.12.

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.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Tian Hou Niangniang" ("Heavenly Empress"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of title "Qin Fang La" ("The Capture of Fang La"), and character names from right to left: "Fang La", "Mu Da Chong: Gu Da Sao" ("Gu the Tigress") and "Mu Ye Cha: Sun Er Niang" ("Sun the Witch"), also the print shop name: "Da Shun Hua Dian" ("Da Shun Print Shop"). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper