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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.18.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhang Lao Xianggong" ("Old Master Zhang"). 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 "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.110.

Woodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Yan Guang Niangniang" ("Eye Sickness Goddess"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "San Guan Da Di" (Three Great Rulers). Probably from Beijing.

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 inscription on the scroll reading: "Shang Shan Fa E" ("Reward Benevolence and Punish Evil"), and printed shop inscription "Xie Li" (probably the print shop name), and "Ling Yi" (alternative name for Lingbao). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

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

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.27.

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