New Year Print: Top-Rank Scholar Holding a "Ruyi" Scepter, with Three Children and a Money Tree

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 1935.36.126.2.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.50.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.45.

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; with printed inscription reading from right to left "He He Er Sheng" ("The Two Sages He and He"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.17.

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 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.125.

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