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Description: | Set of 30 Chinese playing cards. Narrow rectangular strips of thin card printed with various devices in red and black. There are three suits of nine cards each - 'Ben' ('coins'), 'Suo' ('strings'), and 'Wan' ('myriads') - plus three extra cards, known as 'da hong' ('big red'), 'xiao hong' ('small red'), and 'ba shu' ('eight bundle'). The inscription 允記, or 'yun ji’, is the name of the manufacturer.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1971.183
caption: undefined | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | cardboard playing cards Family and Home ink | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-106733 | Go to resource |
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