Playing Card Box
16585G
From: India | Maharashtra
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 16585G |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Hindu |
Provenience | India | Maharashtra |
Date Made | 19th Century - 1893 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood | Lacquer | Paint |
Technique | Lacquered | Painted |
Iconography | Shiva | Hanuman | Hindu Deity | Attendants | Gada | Trishula |
Description | Box for holding Dasavatara ganjifa playing cards. Lacquered or painted wooden box with sliding lid. Interior and bottom in red. Each side and top painted a scene with Hindu deity at center and several subordinate figures. Top represents Ganesha on throne surrounded by four standing female attendants. The side scenes are: Hanuman with Gada or club raised faces two blue standing figures; seated Shiva with four standing female attendants; seated Vaishnavite ascetic on throne with four standing male attendants; and the child Krishna on throne with one standing male attendant and three standing female attendants. Possibly associated with 16585E. |
Height | 12 cm |
Width | 12.2 cm |
Depth | 13.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from / at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
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