Card game — Playing cards, Karauli, 3rd quarter 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
3rd quarter 19th century
Card game in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 01316&A/(IS)), made in Karauli, dated 3rd quarter 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Mughal Ganjifa playing cards, Karauli, Rajasthan, third quarter of the 19th Century..
Museum description: Lacquered box with sliding lid containing 92 hand painted circular papier Mughal Ganjifa or playing cards. It is divided into as many as eight suits with numerical and court cards, represented by symbols such as a crown, a harp or a gold coin. Wood, painted and lacquered with sliding grooved lid (one corner broken). Number 92 of 96 (missing:taj wazir, safed wazir, ghulam mir, barat wazir. The museum records it as Paper board; painted and laquered, measuring Diameter 60 mm; Width 88 mm; Length 146 mm; Height 83 mm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Paper board; painted and laquered
- Dimensions
- Diameter 60 mm; Width 88 mm; Length 146 mm; Height 83 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Paper board; painted and laquered
- Place recorded
- Karauli
Identification
- Museum object name
- Card game
- Museum object number
- 01316&A/(IS)
- Museum system number
- O67538
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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