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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.37.81
Title
Paper God: Kitchen God and Wife at an Altar Table in "Zou Shan Tang" ("Hall of Reporting Virtue"), with Two Offici
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Sichuan province, Jiajiang
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206090

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "Ren Jian Si Ming Zhu; Tian Shang Ear Mu Shen" ("Arbiter of Fate on Earth; Surveillance [literally, 'ear-and-eye'] Official of Heaven"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
Dimensions
paper: 34.0 x 18.0 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carl Schuster, Esq.
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
1935.37.81
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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