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Homoerotic As Nas Playing Card

19th century

A rectangular lacquered As-Nas playing card showing a homoerotic scene between a soldier and a youth against a gold background. Based on the gold-coloured backdrop we can identify the card as that of the soldier (Serbaz) card. Such cards would have been part of a humorous erotic playing card set.


In the scene, a soldier engages with a youth in coitus, bent over a large war drum. The youth's hat falls to the ground next to the soldier's discarded sword visible in the foreground.

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