early 20th century
paper: H. 39.3 x W. 23.6 cm (15 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ban Zhen Niangniang" ("Goddess of Rashes"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Wu Dao Zhi Shen" (Gods of Five Routes). Probably from Beijing.
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. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; almost identical to 1935.36.115.
20th centuryChineseCollage 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.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "You Yan Shen Si Hai; Mi Mian Ji Ru Shan" ("Oil and Salt Can Fill the Sea; Rice and Flour Pile up Like Mountains"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.70; compare with 1935.37.125.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription titled "Cang Shen Gong" ("Palace of the Barn God") and couplets from right to left reading "Nian Nian Qu Bu Jin; Yue Yue Yong You Yu" ("Affluent Harvests Year after Year; Abundant Produce Month after Month"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.94.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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 1935.37.69.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Mei(?) Ku Zhi Shen" (Coal Mine God). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseCollage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; identical to 1935.36.126.8.
20th centuryChinese