Door God: Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller, Expels Evil and Attracts a Bat of Happiness

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing.

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.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.44.

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 on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Guang Sheng Niangniang" ("Godness of Childbearing"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.91 and .102.

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 "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: "Zeng Fu Cai Shen" (God of Wealth Who Increases Happiness). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Taiyin Xing Jun" ("Daoist God of the Moon"). Probably from Beijing.