Door God: Top-Rank Scholar Presenting the Crown of Office

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Shen Pu Hua Tian Zun" (Name of the Thunder God). Probably from Beijing.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; identical to 1935.36.126.9.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.90, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju"); compare with 1935.37.89 and .102.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Tuo Ta Li Tian Wang" ("Heavenly Pagoda-Holding King Li"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Tao Hua Xian Gu" ("Immortal Lady of Peach Blossoms"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.36.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xi Shen" ("God of Happiness"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Quan Si Niangniang" ("Goddess Governing All"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock