Paper God: Kitchen God and Wife at an Altar Table, with Qilin Delivering a Son in the Foreground, and with a Calendar for the Year Minguo 21 (1932)

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.37.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left "(vaguely) Hu Fa Wei Tuo Zun Tian" ("Buddhist Guardian Wei Tuo Who Protects the Dharma"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ling Ying He Shen" ("Efficacious River God"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Shui Mu Niangniang" ("Milk Mother"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

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

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 1935.37.54.

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

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.38.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of titles reading "Dong Chu Si Ming" ("Arbiter of Fate in the Kitchen"), and "Nan Tian Men" ("South Heavenly Gate"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.