Woodcut
- Museum number:
- 9-21437
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021437
- Alternate number:
- VIII 11 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4697
- Description:
- Woodcut poster of the official spirit of the land of fortunate and virtuous officers. 14.8 X 24.7 cm. Red imprint over inscription: a canopy. The acolyte at left holds a 'ju-i” scepter (“as you wish”); the other a cane. Two officials in front. Flanking poster: strips of paper money to be burned in courtyard on New Year’s eve, mounted upside down. 5.5 X 22 cm.
- Donor:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection place:
- Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- China. Peking.
- Culture or time period:
- Chinese
- Collector:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection date:
- 1942 Chinese New Year
- Materials:
- Ink and Paper (fiber product)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- 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)
- Images:
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