Hand-colored playing card marked XXXI with two scaly fish-like forms in red, yellow and green, joined by a long green wavy band on cream paper.

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, XXXI, Hand-Colored Woodblock Print

A rectangular playing card numbered XXXI in Roman numerals beneath two small star emblems. Two scaly, fish-like forms, one with its head at upper left and one at lower right, are linked by a long green wavy band, colored in flat red, yellow, green and brown on cream paper.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1663 × 2579 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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