New Year Print: Peonies in a Dragon Vase

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Guan Ping Zhi Shen" ("God Guan Ping"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock 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 1935.37.56.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

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.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper; from a set of five bound together (1935.36.126.10-.14). Probably from Beijing.

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

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Da Shun" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Hou Tu Huang Di" ("Ruler of the Good Earth"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock 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 1935.37.52; compare with .61.