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Image: Ming Dynasty playing card, c. 1400

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Description: A woodcut printed Chinese playing card found near Turpan (or Turfan) (吐鲁番市), Xinjiang autonomus region, China, dated c. 1400 AD during the Ming Dynasty. From the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. Its dimensions are 9.5 cm by 3.5 cm.
Title: Ming Dynasty playing card, c. 1400
Credit: Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part 1, Paper and Printing (1986, Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.)
Author: Anonymous
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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