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NORTH CHINA, CIRCA 1900
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A PEKING SILK AND METAL-THREAD RUG
NORTH CHINA, CIRCA 1900
The golden yellow field with a lozenge lattice enclosing stylised flowerheads around a metal-thread cusped roundel with an imperial five -clawed dragon guarding a flaming seed-pearl, the spandrels similar, in a panelled border of floral and Buddhist emblems divided by key-pattern squares between geometric motif and plain stripes, kilim strips tucked under at both ends, minor damage in one or two places in the outer stripe
8ft.11in. x 6ft.1in. (270cm. x 184cm.)
NORTH CHINA, CIRCA 1900
The golden yellow field with a lozenge lattice enclosing stylised flowerheads around a metal-thread cusped roundel with an imperial five -clawed dragon guarding a flaming seed-pearl, the spandrels similar, in a panelled border of floral and Buddhist emblems divided by key-pattern squares between geometric motif and plain stripes, kilim strips tucked under at both ends, minor damage in one or two places in the outer stripe
8ft.11in. x 6ft.1in. (270cm. x 184cm.)
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