Paper God: God of Wealth Holding a Ruyi Scepter with Eight Attendants and a Treasure Basin in Front

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; compare with 1935.37.119 and .121.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Chuang Gong Chuang Mu" ("Bed God and Goddess"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of character names from right to left: "Da Dao Guan Sheng" ("Guan Sheng the Big Halberd"), "Jin Qiang Shou Xu Ning" ("Xu Ning the Metal Lancer") and "Shuang Bian" ("Two Rods": nickname of Huyan Zhuo). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock 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.

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading: "He Da Shun" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink and colors on paper; with signatures in English and Chinese both reading "Li Zhong Xiang" and with a printed, square, red intaglio seal impression reading "Zhong Xiang" in the lower right corner

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.86; compare with 1935.37.122.

Woodblock print; ink, color and silver on paper. Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper