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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.37.97
Title
Paper God: Kitchen God and Two Wives, with Two Officers and "Three Stars" (Gods of Happiness, Emoluments, and Longevity), at an Altar Table, and with a Calendar for the Year Minguo 21 (1932)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1932
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province, Xi‘an
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
paper: 31.8 x 18.1 cm (12 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
mat: 45.72 x 35.56 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): printed title: 灶王位 (Shrine Tablet for Kitchen God)
  • inscription: printed couplet reading from right to left:
    上天言好事
    回宮降吉祥
    (Ascend to heaven and speak of good things;
    Return to your palace and send down blessings)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carl Schuster, Esq.
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
1935.37.97
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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