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Pachisi Board.
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Ganjifa
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18th Cent A.D
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18th Cent A.D.
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Playing cards, chess boards and other games,
perfume bottles and traditional rose water sprinklers; a shrine
for the household deity… these, and many other items,
make up the minutely carved and decorated collection of ivory
objects of art.The art of Ivory became famous in the last
few centuries, especially in the Mughal and British period.
There is no doubt that the rich Ivory objects are a sign of
richness combined with aesthetics.
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Chess (Board & Men)
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In the collection of Ivory objects are
mainly Indian playing cards and various artifacts like writing
materials, implements, worship shrines, a cradle of Lord
Ganesha, musical instruments and sitting games from between
17th to 19th century A.D.
Lord Jesus Christ, figures of elephants, the
canopied seat, the lady with a harmonium, Lord Ganesha with
18 hands are worthy of mention. Ivory combs with meena work,
kumkum boxes, scent boxes, rose water sprinklers are marvellous
objects of beauty culture.
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Shri. Ganesh
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18th Cent. A.D. |
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The Ivory worship shrine, the cradle of Chaitra Gauri, the ceiling
with mica are noteworthy. Writing materials like ink-wells, pen
boxes, the lining rule, paper knives are some of the rare artifacts.
The sitting games include the game of dice, chess
and Indian cards called ‘Ganjifa’. The pawns of chess
and dice - are made of ivory and the Pata/board is made of either
cloth or ivory. They are in different sizes and varieties. The ivory
musical instruments - Sanai and Tanpura are displayed in order to
obtain variety.
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Chess (Board & Men)
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Rose Water Sprinkler
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Maharashtra
18th Cent. AD.
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18th Cent. A.D.
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