Paper God: Daoist Goddess of Childbearing

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "He Jia Huan Le Qing Xin Nian" ("A Happy Family Celebrating the New Year"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.31.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.90, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju"); compare with 1935.37.89 and .102.

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 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 and color on paper

Collage 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.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "Ren Jian Si Ming Zhu; Tian Shang Ear Mu Shen" ("Arbiter of Fate on Earth; Surveillance [literally, 'ear-and-eye'] Official of Heaven"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.24.