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File:Ming Dynasty playing card, c. 1400.jpg

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English: 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.
Français : Une xylogravure de carte à jouer chinoise trouvé près de Tourfan (吐鲁番市), dans la région autonome du Xinjiang, in China, datée de 1400, pendant la Dynastie Ming. Au musée de Volkerkunde, à Berlin. Elle mesure 9,5 cm par 3,5 cm.
Date circa 1400
date QS:P,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
AD
Source Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part 1, Paper and Printing (1986, Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.)
Author AnonymousUnknown author
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