late 17th century - early 18th century
31.75 x 27.31 cm (12 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Woodblock print; ink, color and silver on paper; with silver foils on some figures' faces; a fraction at bottom is not color printed, possibly it was originally folded in; with printed inscription on the carriage reading: "Yu Huang Shang Di" ("The Jade Emperor"), on the left red banner reading: "Tiandi Sanjie Shifang Zhenzai"("True Rulers of Heaven, Earth, The Three Realms and Ten Directions"), and on the right blue banner reading: "Shang Yuan Ci Fu Tianguan" ("The Daoist Heavenly Official Who Grants Forturne"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; identical to 1935.36.58.
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17th-18th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper
20th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
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20th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
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ChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
17th-18th centuryChinese