KASHGAR OR KHOTAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN EAST TURKESTAN CARPET
KASHGAR OR KHOTAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The shaded pale green field with diagonal rows of polychrome panels enclosing rosettes alternating with ivory and blue stellar flowerheads in a brick-red border of similar design between polychrome linked squares containing stylised cross-motifs, linked octagonal panels and barber-pole stripes, plain outer stripe, slight areas of wear
17ft.11in. x 7ft.1in. (545cm. x 215cm.)

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Lot Essay

The present large East Turkestan carpet has field which is very archaic in design. The elements found in the field, the inner and main borders are also found, in a slightly different combination, in the border of a carpet dating from the late Ming dynasty (Franses, Michael et al.: Lion Dogs, Hundred Antiques, Classical Chinese Carpets I, London, 2000, pl.2). This reliance on earlier forms is a feature of all Chinese art, and one that can make the dating of works of art particularly difficult.

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