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Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants

Paper God: God of Wealth in His Shrine with Two Attendants

Chinese

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.

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

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