PIN-UP'S & EROTICA

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This deck was printed in China and published there in 2010 by "China 100" as "No 1048" and the edition was - if we interpret the Chinese text correctly- limited to 1000 copies. The deck has English indices and each card has Chinese characters on it too. Probably the name of the artist, but we can't be sure about that. By looking at the cards one can conclude that there were more than one artist involved. Some have a very recognizable style, others are harder to distinguish. The deck is (sub)titled "China body Painting" on the box and although it's clear what is meant when you look at the images, here in the Netherlands this title suggests that there would be paint on the models.

In the previous No 1047 deck (page 52) the models mostly stood up straight and the cards can be held straight up to see the image. In this deck in 3 of the 4 suits the card will have to be rotated to see the image. There are a lot of images with laying or sleeping women. Only in the Diamonds suit the models are depicted standing or sitting up.

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The deck consists of 52 cards, 2 jokers and an extra card, shown here above.