Hong Kong/London June/76
Seventh from a set of eight scrolls; woodblock-printed, accordion-fold book mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper
12th centuryChineseCollage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper; from a set of five bound together (1935.126.15-.19). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Dour Jiejie" ("Sister Smallpox") and a couplet reading from right to left: "Qiancheng Gong Doujie; Ernü Bao Ankang" ("Worship Sister Smallpox; Children Will Be Healthy"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription on the gate reading: "San Guan Tang" ("Hall of the Three Offcials"), and a couplet reading from right to left: "Chen Hun San Kou Shou; Zao Wan Yi Lu Xiang" ("Three Kowtows Every Dawn and Dusk; One Burner of Incense Every Morning and Evening"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Dou Zhen Niangniang" ("Smallpox Goddess"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
17th-18th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.22.
20th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
17th-18th centuryChineseEtching on white wove paper
21st centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Possibly from Beijing.
20th centuryChinese