early 20th century
paper: 56 x 34.9 cm (22 1/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; almost identical to 1935.36.116.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Li Shi Ying Xi Xian Guan" ("Daoist Immortal Who Brings Profit and Happiness"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Lingbao Xian" ("County of Lingbao"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left:"Jiu Feng Chao Yang" ("Nine Phoenixes Flying to the Sun"). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Xi Gui Zhi Shen" ("Gods of Happiness and Nobility"), another inscription reading vertically: "Ying Xi" ("Welcoming Happiness"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "San Qing Tian Bao Tian Zun" ("Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper, with hand coloring on verso
20th centuryChinese