c1740 Very Scarce Karma-sutra India Hand Painted Playing Cards Cultural Single

Description: Template By Froo! c1740 Karma-sutra India Artisan Ancient Playing Cards Rare Cultural Single +COA SHOP FOR MORE IN THE STORE RARE c1740 India Game Historic Karma-sutra Card Artisan Painted Ancient Illustration. Subject: Karma-sutra Condition: acceptable , slight crazing, gently soiled, slight edge wear, average surface wear on face, Worn surface wear on back. Slight surface abrasions on painted surface. Hand Artisan painted : oval card Size: 90 mm diameter 3 1/2 " Medium: Stiffened Cloth Early writers on the subject of playing cards held the opinion that cards first originated in India. The current thinking, however, is that playing cards actually originated in China. The word ganjifa, meaning playing card, appears in the fifteenth century, and may be related to the Persian word ganj, or treasury. The term apparently first was used for the four-suited Mamluk playing cards, and then for the eight-suited pack of Iran and India (which likely developed from use of two four-suited packs for a particular game). Both the four-suited Mamluk pack and the eight-suited ganjifa have suit signs based on emblems of court life; the former includes one suit of coins whereas the latter has two such suits, strongly suggesting the doubling of a four-suited pack. The rough English translation of Kamasutra is pleasure (kama) treatise (sutra). This is a beautiful, ancient illustration of a couple determinedly coupling in a variety of fascinating — and often utterly improbable — positions; as essentially the erotic counterpart to the ascetic asanas of yoga. History of the Kamasutra, detailing how the three aims of human life (the Triple Set in Indian parlance) are dharma (religion), artha (power) and kama (pleasure). In a satisfying parallel, these three aims are underpinned by a trinity of ancient texts; the Dharmashastra (written by the sober, strict and rather sexist Manu), the Arthashastra (by Kautilya, the Indian Machiavelli-plus) and the Kamasutra (by the slightly slippery but often refreshingly open-minded Vatsyayana. Ganjifa is a trick-taking game, like whist or bridge, but with strict rules governing what cards may be led. There are usually three players (four when there are twelve or more suits in the pack), and all of the cards are dealt in counter-clockwise fashion. Ganjifa historically have been made from a variety of materials ranging from ivory, leather and tortoiseshell to papier-mâché, paper, and stiffened cloth, all painted by hand. AS ALWAYS ! FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE Your historic card will be delivered in this archival case. Please subscribe now for our newsletter to the greatest card store as we are adding daily and offering huge weekly discounts to subscribed Ebayers! 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Price: 674.5 USD

Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2025-01-10T21:48:59.000Z

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