early 20th century
paper: 34.9 x 20.0 cm (13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Commercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1935.37.6.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Yan Guang Niangniang" ("Eye Sickness Goddess"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Huo De Xing Jun" (Name of the Fire God). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Song Sheng Niangniang" ("Goddess of Childbirth"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.43.
20th centuryChineseCommercially color-printed ink on card stock
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Jiu Tian Xuan Nü" ("Goddess of Nine Heavens"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
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: "Yang Wang Zhi Shen" ("the Ram King"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.70; compare with 1935.37.125.
20th centuryChinese