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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NINGXIA YELLOW-GROUND CARPET
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AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NINGXIA YELLOW-GROUND CARPET
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting two lamas sounding conch shells horns and flanking a central vase overflowing with precious jewels, all amid a ground filled with both Buddhist and Daoist emblems and scrolling clouds below a border of four lion-masks suspending beaded tassels and above rocks emerging from cresting waves, all in tones of blue, red, pink, and cream against a maize ground
158 1/2 x 118 in. (403 x 300 cm.)
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting two lamas sounding conch shells horns and flanking a central vase overflowing with precious jewels, all amid a ground filled with both Buddhist and Daoist emblems and scrolling clouds below a border of four lion-masks suspending beaded tassels and above rocks emerging from cresting waves, all in tones of blue, red, pink, and cream against a maize ground
158 1/2 x 118 in. (403 x 300 cm.)