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A COLLECTION OF ANIMAL THEMED PAINTINGS: GANJIFA (PLAYING CARDS), A JAIN MANUSCRIPT FOLIO WITH 55 AUSPICIOUS ANIMAL SYMBOLS, A STINGRAY AND A RAM
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- A COLLECTION OF ANIMAL THEMED PAINTINGS: GANJIFA (PLAYING CARDS), A JAIN MANUSCRIPT FOLIO WITH 55 AUSPICIOUS ANIMAL SYMBOLS, A STINGRAY AND A RAM
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- folio: 11 5/8 by 10 1/2 in. (29.5 by 26.7 cm) and smaller, [3], unframed, 1 illustrated
Catalogue Note
Depicting six cards with various numbers of animals as suits and card rankings.
For a general discussion refer to Rudolf Von Leyden, Ganjifa: The Playing Cards of India, London, 1982.
A pothi (horizontal) page from a Jaina manuscript, containing 55 compartments of auspicious animal signs.
The two studies depicting a stingray and a goat on one sheet, each set against a flat moss-green ground.