Page from the Fifty-Three Compassionate Manifestations of Guanyin

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.15.

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

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

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ben Ming Xing Jun" ("God of Longevity"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription in red: "Dong Da Xing Rong" (the print shop name), and printed inscription of the print title "He Yuan Xiao" ("Celebrating the Lantern Festival") and inscription on banners: "Tian Xia Tai Ping" ("[May] Peace Under Heaven") and "Yuan Xiao" ("Lantern Festival"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, with hand-applied color

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Guang Sheng Niangniang" ("Godness of Childbearing"). 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

Woodblock printed sutra mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper (with modern frontispiece painted by Chen Zengshou [1878-1949] in ink and light color on paper). The printed sutra commissioned by Qian Hongshu (929-988; reigned as the fifth prince of the Wu-Yue Kingdom, 948-978).

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Da Shun" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.