Indian it is ... but what ?

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Anandalal N.

Posting after a long time. Note similarity to Ganjifa playing cards though the Ganjifa cards are usually circular. The artwork seems of the same type. Regards.

Thank you Anandalal.
Interested Party, Gustav; what do you think of such reasoning ?

[Gustav]

Anandalal N. speaks about Dashavatara Ganjifa, and certainly knows this terrain much better then me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashavatara

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganjifa
https://i-p-c-s.org/pattern/sawdas.html
https://i-p-c-s.org/pattern/nosdas.html
https://i-p-c-s.org/pattern/kurnol.html

It is very well possible, that a Ganjifa card painter did the paintings on this table top (?). At least since the beginning of 20th cent. card painting was a dying business until it virtually stopped around 1950, and I guess, any kind of commission could have been welcome for painters.

[fernando]

Duly noted.