The museum has more than 1,000 Chinese woodblock prints and has acquired a further 2,000 woodblocks of Chinese prints.
In 1994, work started on an exhibition entitled 'Kung Hei Fat Choi - Chinese New Year and Pictures' with the aim of collecting prints and woodblocks that celebrate the Chinese New Year.The collection also includes calendar posters.
Collection Highlights
Embroidered purse
Qing dynasty (1644 – 1911)
H 14.5 x W 8.6 cm
Woodblock print: Three visits to the thatched cottage
20th century
H 33.5 x W5 4.1 cm
Paper cutout lady
Ku Shulan
1980s
H 122.2 x W 78.4 cm
Woodblock of "Assistance from the Horse of Wealth"
1950s – 1960s
H 19.1 x L 2.3 x W 19.3 cm
A pair of painted seating tigers in clay
Each H 14 x L 8 x W 16 cm
Child's shoes
1980s
Each H 4.6 x L 11.8 x W 7.4 cm
Donated by Ms. Sally Yu
Commercial poster of the Kwong Sang Hong Limited
Kwan Wai-nung
1933
H 71.5 x W 49 cm
New Year print: Mother and Son
Qing dynasty (1644 – 1911)
H 97.5 x W 53 cm
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