CHINA, CIRCA 1890

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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD PEKING CARPET
CHINA, CIRCA 1890
The copper-thread field with an overall design of angular hooked flowering and leafy vine in silk around a central lobed medallion enclosing two combative dragons, in a copper-thread border containing angular flowering vine between keyhole pattern and plain golden stripes, ends complete, minor tinting, inscription at one end
10ft.2in. x 6ft. (309cm. x 183cm.)

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Lot Essay

The inscription can read 'For Imperial Use in the Palace of Cloudless Heaven'. For the same inscription see: Haskins, John F., Imperial Carpets from Peking, The Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina, 1973, pl.6, p.23.

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