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Playing card (ganjifa): Krishna Riding a "Composite" Elephant

Made By South India
CultureIndian
Date19th century
Mediumopaque watercolor on varnished leather | heightened with gold
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Horace W. Frost
Terms
  • figures
  • krishna
  • elephant
  • playing cards
Object number91.15.65
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Inscribedverso lower edge in ink: [four illegible words]
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