Playing Card Deck
29-238-29
From: China | Guangzhou
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-238-29 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Guangzhou |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | 1889 - 1893 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | String |
| Iconography | Chess |
| Description | 112 rectangular playing cards based on Chinese Chess (象棋 xiangqi). Four bundles of cards: green, yellow, white, and red. Each wrapped together with green string. Characters are printed on the front. 112 cards total. Labeled A-HHHH. Dye slightly fading. From Culin publication: "No. 29. - From Canton. Four each of the seven men in four colors: red, yellow; white, green, and five jokers, the Five Blessings. The jokers in this example are printed on white; they are sometimes met with in red. Total, 117." |
| Credit Line | Purchased from William Henry Wilkinson, 1903 |
| Other Number | Wilkinson 29 - Collector Number | CG94-1-10a-hhhh - Old Museum Number |
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