India air Playing Cards (Code: g04236)

Playing cards airline India. There are several editions with different jokers and back.

artist Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906), the great painter from Trivandrum

 Diamonds    King - Tamerlane (1336 - 1405)    Queen - Noor-Jehan Begum
  Spades    King - Akhbar Shah (1542 - 1605)    Queen - Motee Begum
  Hearts    King - Shah Jehan (1582 - 1666)    Queen - Taj Mahal Begum
  Clubs    King - Aurangzebe (1618 - 1707)    Queen - Zenat Mahal Begum

This deck, like the others was published by the Raja Ravi Varma Press after his death in 1906. The captions on the court cards are in English, and the printing was likely done by nine or ten colour chromolithography. The Ace of Spades displays the trade mark "RRV" and the words "TRADE MARK RAVI VARMA PRESS KARLI BOMBAY".

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