CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, SECONDE MOITIE DU XIXEME SIECLE

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TAPIS IMPERIAL TISSE EN SOIE ET FILS METALLIQUES
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, SECONDE MOITIE DU XIXEME SIECLE
De forme rectangulaire, il est orné de deux dragons confrontés pourchassant la perle sacrée. La partie supérieure centrale porte une marque de salle Jingren gong beiyong, 'pour l'usage dans le Palais de la Grande Bienveillance'.
Longueur: 215 cm. (84 5/8 in.)
Largeur: 128 cm. (50 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Collection of Dr. Berislav Borcic (1891-1977), the Yogoslav Public Health specialist who worked in China as League of Nations Health consultant in the late 1920s to 1930s.

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Further details

AN IMPERIAL SILK AND METAL-THREAD 'DRAGON' CARPET
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

The five-character inscription reads Jingren gong beiyong and can be translated as 'For the use of the Hall of Great Benevolence'. Jingren Gong was one of the Six Eastern Palaces of the Forbidden City and served as the living quarters of the imperial wives and concubines. See another similar 'dragon' imperial carpet bearing a Qianqing Gong mark from the collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, 17-18 March 2016, lot 1388.

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