Woodcut poster

Museum number:
9-21441
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VIII 15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Woodcut poster of all the spirits. The mounted primus in the imperial examinations under a canopy, the official, and the happily retired scholar with his 'ju-i’ scepter ('as you wish’). Above: red imprint of a canopy. 15 x 24.8 cm. Flanking the poster: two strips of paper money to be burned in courtyard on New Year’s Eve. 5.7 x 22.6 cm. (Mounted in USA, upside down).
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking (Beijing).
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942 Chinese New Year
Materials:
Ink and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Posters
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
To be burned in courtyard on New Year’s.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Money strips— length 22.6 centimeters, Money strips— width 5.7 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, and length 24.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woodcut poster, accession number 9-21441, described as Woodcut poster of all the spirits. The mounted primus in the imperial examinations under a canopy, the official, and the happily retired scholar with his 'ju-i’ scepter ('as you wish’). Above: red imprint of a canopy. 15 x 24.8 cm. Flanking the poster: two strips of paper money to be burned in courtyard on New Year’s Eve. 5.7 x 22.6 cm. (Mounted in USA, upside down).

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