Door God: Heavenly Official Offering Flowers with a Bat of Happiness and an Attendant Holding Sword

Chen Chi-kwan (Chen Qikuan) 陳其寬, Republican period, dated 1996

Valley (Gu)

Color lithograph; ink and colors on paper; with artist's penciled romanized inscription and signature (along the bottom edge of the print) reading "EA / 'Gu' / Valley / Chen Chi-Kwan 1996" with publisher's embossed circular stamp reading (to the left of the artist's inscription) reading "Ateliers d'Art Desjobert Paris"

New Year Print: Boys Delivering a Money Tree Branch and Auspicious Objects

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.28.

Paper God: Barn God with Two Attendants

Woodblock 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.

Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription on the shrine reading "Ju Bao Tang" ("Hall of Plentiful Treasure"), and printed couplet reading from right to left: "Tu Zhong Sheng Bai Yu; Di Nei Chu Huang Jin" ("Pure Jade Grows out of the Earth; Yellow Gold Comes out of the Ground"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Door God: Heavenly Official, with an Attendant, Presenting a Deer

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xin Yi Cheng" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.38.

Morning at the Drill Ground

Lin Ju, 1961

Door God: Royal Guard

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.117.

Door God: Top-Rank Scholar Holding a "Ruyi" Scepter

Woodblock 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 1935.37.52; compare with .61.

Jiansheng Dong, 1994-1996

Spring

Paper God: God of Wealth at an Altar Table with Four Attendants

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.

Door God: Heavenly Official, with an Attendant and a Crane, Presenting a Treasure Basin

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.7; image identical to 1935.37.22.

New Year Print: The Monkey King (Bi Ma Wen), with a Small Monkey on His Shoulder, Receiving the Seal of an Official (a Red Seal Reading "Feng Hou Gua Yin")

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.