Homage of Sudhana: Portraits of Bodhisattvas

Jiansheng Dong, 1994-1996

Spring

Door God: Heavenly Official with Five Sons

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan Tai Yi Ji" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.1.

Bird on a Flowering Branch -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言, after 1633 - before 1703

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

17th-18th centuryChinese

Door God: General Qin Qiong (Qin Shubao)

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.14.

Orchids -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu)

Hu Zhengyan 胡正言, after 1633 - before 1703

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

17th-18th centuryChinese

Door God: Heavenly Official, with Four Boys, Presenting a Banner Reading "Bao Ma Qian Long" ("Treasure Horse, Money Dragon")

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.23.

Usnisa-Dharani Sutra (Fodingxin Da Tuoluoni Jing) with Frontispiece Illustration of a White-Robed Avalokitesvara (Guanyin)

Unknown Artist, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Accordion-fold printed book mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper

14th-17th centuryChinese

Door God: Heavenly Official Presenting a Banner Reading "Tian Guan Ci Fu" ("Heavenly Official Bestows Fortune")

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.55.

Door God: Heavenly Official, with an Attendant and a Crane, Presenting a Treasure Basin

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.23; image identical to 1980.92.9.

Unknown Artist, 17th century

Poppy

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

Woodblock print; ink on xuan paper

Door God: General Yuchi Gong (Hu Jingde) on Horseback

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan Tai Yi" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.2.