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A SILK AND GILDED METALLIC THREAD CARPET
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A SILK AND GILDED METALLIC THREAD CARPET
LATE QING DYNASTY
Woven with a rectangular panel of a dragon leaping amidst waves and emitting a stream of vapor, flanked by rocks sprouting flowers and terminating in a cluster of clouds supporting a tiered pagoda, a bird hovering above, all within a border of wavy lines edged with a band of stylized lingzhi heads, picked out in aubergine, rust, cream and green, reserved on a gold metallic ground, woven with a five-character inscription at the top reading, Nin yin gong beiyong, which may be translated as 'For use in the Hall of Peaceful Sound'
88 x 48½in. (223.5 x 123cm.)
LATE QING DYNASTY
Woven with a rectangular panel of a dragon leaping amidst waves and emitting a stream of vapor, flanked by rocks sprouting flowers and terminating in a cluster of clouds supporting a tiered pagoda, a bird hovering above, all within a border of wavy lines edged with a band of stylized lingzhi heads, picked out in aubergine, rust, cream and green, reserved on a gold metallic ground, woven with a five-character inscription at the top reading, Nin yin gong beiyong, which may be translated as 'For use in the Hall of Peaceful Sound'
88 x 48½in. (223.5 x 123cm.)