Friday, January 15, 2010

Playing Cards, Qajar period



Playing Cards (Fath-Ali-Shakh
in a Red Dress Riding a White Horse)
Iran, 19th century
Papier-mache; lacquer. 6.1x4.1
Source of Entry: Museum of the Stieglitz School
(formerly in the collection of P.V. Charkovsky). 1925

Source: 2003 State Hermitage Museum

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