early 20th century
paper: 30.6 x 22 cm (12 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Wang" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.6; image identical to 1935.37.19.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.125.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.37.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.119; compare with 1935.37.122.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.36.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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
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 centuryChinese