Paper Gods: Gods of Happiness and Nobility with Two Attendants

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. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1935.37.6.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao". Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.91, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju").

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Gu Jiang Cheng Nei" ("In Old Jiang City"). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.18.

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

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 1935.37.122; compare with 1935.37.86.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; almost identical to 1935.36.115.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.12.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.8; image identical to 1935.37.21.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xin Yi Cheng" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.76.

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