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Playing card (ganjifa): Two Noblemen on Horseback with Dogs

Made By South India
CultureIndian
Date19th century
Mediumopaque watercolor on varnished leather, heightened with gold
DimensionsOverall: 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Horace W. Frost
Terms
  • horse
  • rider
  • dogs
  • noblemen
  • playing cards
Object number91.15.66
Collections
Inscribedu.r. in gold: [calligraphic inscription]; verso center on typed label in pencil: No.6078.
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Provenanceex collection Stuart Cary Welch; Marjorie B. Cohn, sold to Midred Kip Frost 1968; to present collection 1991
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