One of the ancients series of decks by Emmanuel Valtierra

scans of each card can be seen at

http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/GreekPottery.html

Photo souvenir deck

The rare UNBROKEN series was launched by Seasons Playing Cards in a unique mystery deck sale. This was an experimental launch based around the premise that each deck would be unique in its own way. Only 250 “experiments” were produced in this extremely labor intensive project. Each piece is signified by a holographic seal featuring the Seasons logo featuring an ‘X’ indicating the eXperimental series along with a ‘1 of 1’. This deck is printed with a unique soft non-gloss finish showcasing the design below along with a shimmering gold foil that showcases the cracks and repairs of the deck. The cards inside feature an animated cracking design that when flipped will show the back design cracking and healing to represent the Kintsugi theme throughout the deck. The deck gilding is made to match the tuck. The two piece Jokers showcase a piece of the card falling off with the repair paint revealing a ‘J’ to complete the Joker titling. The AoS follows similar in suit with a “broken” face revealing the spade shape with a custom pattern to match the back design and the ‘Experimental Series’ tag below. I named this deck Ol' Rusty Blue. This deck is named Rosea Pausa - meaning pink puma in Latin based on the front's top left corner hidden puma design that I get when I look at the deck.

From 'The World of Playing Cards' : Playing Cards manufactured by Aspioti Elka A.E. “Elleinikon Monopolion Paienioxarton. Klasis A Koina”, 1960, with attractive ancient greek-style courts with Greek indices (crowns above Kings’ suit sign). The court cards portray ancient heroes of Greece. The National indices on French-suited cards are in Greek characters: B (King); K (Queen or Maid); Ɵ (Valet).