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

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.20; image identical to 1980.92.5.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Qian Long Di Bao" ("Money Dragon [to] the Treasure Land"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xiao Gong Zhi Shen" ("Heavenly General Xiao"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

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, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.37.16.

Woodblock print; ink and colors on paper; with signature in English and Chinese both reading "Li Zhong Xiang" and with a printed, square, red, intaglio seal impression reading "Zhong Xiang" in the lower right corner

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.20.

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