THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LARGE SILK AND GILDED METALLIC THREAD CARPET
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A LARGE SILK AND GILDED METALLIC THREAD CARPET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven with a central roundel of a contorted dragon surrounded by four dragon spandrels, reserved on a stylized lotus scroll ground, all within dot, floral strand, and formal lotus bands within a key-pattern border, picked out in shades of indigo, gray, cream, brown and ochre, reserved on a gold metallic ground, woven with a five-character inscription at the top reading, ?Da ____, _____. ?Bei ?Yong, which may be translated as 'For use in the hall of _________________'--105¾ x 72in. (268.7 x 182.8cm.)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven with a central roundel of a contorted dragon surrounded by four dragon spandrels, reserved on a stylized lotus scroll ground, all within dot, floral strand, and formal lotus bands within a key-pattern border, picked out in shades of indigo, gray, cream, brown and ochre, reserved on a gold metallic ground, woven with a five-character inscription at the top reading, ?Da ____, _____. ?Bei ?Yong, which may be translated as 'For use in the hall of _________________'--105¾ x 72in. (268.7 x 182.8cm.)