Page from the Fifty-Three Compassionate Manifestations of Guanyin

First from a set of eight scrolls; woodblock-printed, accordion-fold book mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper; the frontispiece illustration with printed signature reading "Siming Chen Gao," indicating that it was designed by Chen Gao.

Accordion-fold woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper

One of a pair of colored woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

One of a pair of colored woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

One of a set of four accordion-fold albums with wooden covers; ink on paper

One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper

One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Song Sheng Niangniang" ("Goddess of Childbirth"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper