Stencil-colored card with crossed red-dotted wands, two yellow stars, and a reddish animal at the bottom on a pale background.

Minchiate Tarot Playing Card with Crossed Wands and Stars

A hand-colored woodblock playing card shows a crossed pair of red-dotted wands with yellow tips, flanked by two yellow stars. Below, a reddish animal, possibly a bull, stands on a yellow ground line against a pale cream background.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1622 × 2547 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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