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Rectangular paper, right side is orange with scattered flecks of gold foil. On paper are four characters in black ink, written horizontally. Writing in pencil on reverse side, "purple ? comes from the east ie good fortune", also four Chinese characters written above.
Rectangular paper, right side is orange with scattered flecks of gold foil. On paper are four characters in black ink, written horizontally. Writing in pencil on reverse is difficult to decipher.
Small rectangular paper, orange on right side with gold foil flecks scattered over surface. Two Chinese characters are written horizontally in black ink. On reverse, "virtue" is written in pencil.
Pair of rectangular papers, each printed with an armed military door gods (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with a guandao pole weapon (立刀將軍) in green, red and yellow. Faces are orange, background is also orange. White paper left plain in some areas. Figures are 50 cm high. Figure on part a has a red skirt, figure on part b has a green skirt. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders, and the name of the printing shop, 福榮棧 (fuk1 wing4 zaan2/ Fú róng zhàn) on the hanging ornament. (The pair of prints should be hung with the figures facing each other.)
Pair of elongated rectangular papers, right side is orange with irregular gold flecks. Strip 3 cm. wide is left white on one end. Each has 7 black Chinese characters written vertically, each approximately 10 cm. long, written with brush in black ink. Reverse writting in pencil may indicate meaning of characters, part (a), "family filial piety"; part (b), 'heaven and earth creat??e most precious book of poems".
Textile composed of a length of dyed cotton divided into five large panels of design in mottled red and dark red on a solid dark red ground. The end and centre squares have a mask motif, and these are separated by two sets of two square designs side-by-side. These two motifs consist of a lizard on one side and a mask pattern similar to the larger version. The textile has two selvedges running the length of the cloth and the ends are raw.
Skirt composed of a rectangular blue cloth divided lengthwise into six squares. The skirt is divided into squares in three rows and six columns. Divisions between the squares are marked by white bands with light blue rope-like patterned borders. The squares alternate in a checkerboard fashion between patterns formed by small irregular whites circles and different designs formed by short white bands, all on a blue background. The blue ends have a machine-stitched finished edge.
Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline, with an armed military door god (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with guandao pole weapons (立刀将军) in green, red, and purple. Faces and background are orange. White paper left uncoloured in some places. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders. Figures are 65.5 cm high. Part (a) is the figure in a green robe, part (b) is in a red robe.
Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline with a civil officer door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen; 文門神). The door god on part (b) wears a green robe with red and yellow patterns and the name of the printing shop 新元發 (san1 jyun4 faat3/Xīn yuán fā) appears near his face. The door god on part (a) wears a red robe with green and yellow patterns. They both hold a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵) each. Faces and background are orange. White paper is left uncoloured in places. Figures are 58 cm high. (The gods would normally be shown facing each other.)
Headdress composed of a woven band, solid red at the centre with white warps visible at very few places along its length. On either end are matching bands of multicoloured design. The multicoloured designs consist of: six-pointed stars, a nine-stepped design, stylized animals and birds, chevrons, frontal figures, triangles, and arrows separated by solid, narrow bands of dark purple, green, dark blue or blue. Finished with bunched pink, magenta and mottled grey tassels of numerous ply (spin relaxed), knotted with one band of yarn.