Playing Card Deck
29-238-21
From: China | Shantou
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-238-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Shantou |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | 1889 - 1893 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Ink |
| Technique | Printed |
| Iconography | Chess |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | 112 rectangular playing Cards. Backs white. Faces printed in black each with three Chinese characters within rectangular border on either white, yellow, orange or green background. 9 of the cards are broken in two pieces. From Culin publication: "No. 21. - From Swatow. Four each of the seven kinds in four colors - red, yellow, white, green. The firm name, Li Shing, is on the red and yellow Kings, Li on all the other yellow and reds, Shing on all the greens and white. Total, 112." |
| Length | 6.6 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from William Henry Wilkinson, 1903 |
| Other Number | Wilkinson 21 - Collector Number | 29-191-242.1 - Old Museum Number |
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