early 20th century
paper: 53.8 x 30.6 cm (21 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Wang" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
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; possible pair with 1935.36.17.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.13.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.5.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.85.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Si Ming Zhu" ("Arbiter of Fate").
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on xuan paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left "(Deng?) Ke Zhi Shen" ("God of Royal Exam"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock 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 centuryChinese