Venus Covering Sleeping Amor

Handscroll; ink on paper with guide lines in gold

Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.