early 20th century
26.4 x 41.7 cm (10 3/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left:"Jiu Feng Chao Yang" ("Nine Phoenixes Flying to the Sun"). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Gu Jiang Cheng Nei" ("In Old Jiang City"). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.18.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Qian Long Di Bao" ("Money Dragon [to] the Treasure Land"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Tong Sheng" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.12.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "You Yan Shen Si Hai; Mi Mian Ji Ru Shan" ("Oil and Salt Can Fill the Sea; Rice and Flour Pile up Like Mountains"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.5; image identical to 1935.37.20.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.125.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.50.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Hua Guo Zhi Shen" ("God of Flowers and Fruit"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChinese