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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayBee, post: 4180660, member: 9259&quot;]Camels - WU Zuoren</p><p>Horse - XU Beihong</p><p>Fish - QI Baishi</p><p>Bird - LU Ji (if eyes are not tricking me)</p><p>Flower - PAN Tianshou</p><p>Old man - QI Baishi</p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t see the writing clearly on the darker one, on (what it seems to be) silk. The second character is Liang. I can&#039;t read the first one...</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, these are most likely woodblock prints, from Rong Bao Zhai in Beijing (or, alternatively, Duo Yuan Xuan in Shanghai.) There&#039;s a third famous woodblock print workshop, in Tianjin, Yang Liu Qing, but they don&#039;t usually dedicate their time to these sorts of prints. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s sadly a dying art, as younger people don&#039;t want to learn it and the older generations are passing away. Most reproductions these days are done photographically, printed on &quot;rice paper&quot; that are exact copies of the originals. The woodblock prints (traditionally called douban) have variations, so collectors pick the best ones according to the same principles used when evaluating a painting, ink wash behavior, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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