1935.37.79: Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.37.79
- Title
- Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- 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/206373
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription on the shrine reading "Ju Bao Tang" ("Hall of Plentiful Treasure"), and printed couplet reading from right to left: "Tu Zhong Sheng Bai Yu; Di Nei Chu Huang Jin" ("Pure Jade Grows out of the Earth; Yellow Gold Comes out of the Ground"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
- Dimensions
- paper: 31.3 x 18.3 cm (12 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carl Schuster, Esq.
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.37.79
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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