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A CHINESE CARPET
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A CHINESE CARPET

PROBABLY PAOTOU, CIRCA 1920

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A CHINESE CARPET
Probably Paotou, circa 1920
The shaded tomato-red field scattered with small clouds and flying cranes around a central pagoda, perching cranes and angular trees in each corner, in a shaded medium blue border with cranes with raised wings forming circles together with floral sprays, good condition
9ft.10in. x 8ft. (299cm. x 244cm.)
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拍品专文

The Manchurian crane, the white bird with red crest seen here, is a companion of Taoist Immortals and therefore a symbol of longevity (Lorenz, H.A.: A View of Chinese Rugs from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, London and Boston, 1972, p.51 and fig.20) .