Bibi or Queen Playing Card for the Game of Nas Bibi or Queen Playing Card for the Game of Nas, mid-19th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on wood or papiermâché under lacquered varnish, 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. ( x cm). The full set of cards for the game of nas contains twenty cards, with four each of five suits. The suits are the king, the queen, the couli, or dancer, the serbaz, or soldier, and the as, or ace, in the form of a lion and tiger entwined by a snake-dragon. Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th century

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Size: 3709px × 1347px
Photo credit: © BBM / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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