Door God: Heavenly Official Presenting the Goblet of Office

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Wu Si Gong" ("Wu Si Palace"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

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 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; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Etching and aquatint

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.16.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading from right to left: "Yi Sheng" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xinjiang, Shanxi.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

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.

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