Set of Door Lintel Ornaments: "Hanging Cash"

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Quan Si Niangniang" ("Goddess Governing All"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.28.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan Tai Yi" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.2.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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 paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhou Cang Zhi Shen" ("Gods of Happiness and Nobility"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Chi Feng Hu Guo You Min Guang Hui Wang" ("Imperially Conferred Lord Guang Hui"); gold-foil face attached to the image. Possibly from Beijing.

Handscroll; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.20.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xi Shen" ("God of Happiness"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.