Chinese Playing Cards: A Photographic Archive

A Gallery of Historical and Contemporary Playing Cards


CHINA

INV 1776 GOODALL c1925 Khanhoo
inv1776 | Atlas of Playing Cards
2x31/31 [+2] cards | 90x62mm | original box "Khanhoo. The Chinese Card Game" | 2 score pad | leaflet [di W.H. Wilkinson] © 1925 | BY.80.90
INV 1197 US GAMES SYSTEMS/CARTA MUNDI 1982 Gong Hee Fot Choy
inv1197 | Atlas of Playing Cards
55/55 [+1] cards | 87x56mm | original box "...for use with the Going Hee Fot Choy book by Margaret Ward"
INV 2327 FOURNIER 1984 [Chinese Costumes]
inv2327 | Atlas of Playing Cards
52/54? cards | 88x57mm | gilt corners | ["Designs from printed sources in The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"] | BY.80.13
Great classics of Chinese literature
INV 2369 [—] ? The Characters in Water Margin
inv2369 | Atlas of Playing Cards
54/54 cards | 87x61mm | original box "The Characters in Water Margin" | BY.80.20
INV 2368 [—] ? Journey to the West
inv2368 | Atlas of Playing Cards
54/54 cards | 87x57mm | original box "Journey to the West" | BY.80.20
INV 2370 [—] ? Dream of Red Mansions
inv2370 | Atlas of Playing Cards
54/54 cards | 87x62mm | original box "Dream of Red Mansions" | BY.80.12