1935.37.96: Paper God: Kitchen God and Wife at Altar Table, Flanked by Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, with a Lotus Flower and Two Boys in Front, and with a Calendar for the Year Minguo 21 (1932)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.37.96
- Title
- Paper God: Kitchen God and Wife at Altar Table, Flanked by Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, with a Lotus Flower and Two Boys in Front, and with a Calendar for the Year Minguo 21 (1932)
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1932
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province, Xi‘an
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/206444
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
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paper: 30.9 x 17.9 cm (12 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
mat: 45.72 x 35.56 cm (18 x 14 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- (not assigned): printed title: 灶王位 (Shrine Tablet for Kitchen God)
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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
- 1935.37.96
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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