Paper God: Daoist Goddess of Childbearing

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.125.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; identical to 1935.36.57.

Ink on paper

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 Xi'an, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.51.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading "Lingbao". Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.37.

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

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.37.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zeng Fu Ji Bao Cai Shen" ("the God of Wealth Who Increases Fortune and Accumulating Treasure"). Probably from Beijing; compare with 1935.36.60.

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.