A NINGXIA GALLERY CARPET
A NINGXIA GALLERY CARPET
A NINGXIA GALLERY CARPET
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HANS KÖNIG
A NINGXIA GALLERY CARPET

NORTH CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Details
A NINGXIA GALLERY CARPET
NORTH CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Even overall wear, areas of restoration within the central medallion, outer guard stripe rewoven
13ft.4in. x 6ft.4in. (411cm. x 198cm.)
Provenance
Frank Michaelian, New York
Thomas B. Clarke, Southampton
Anon. sale, American Art Association, 1931, lot 919
Anon. Sale, Edelmann Galleries, New York, 26 September 1979, lot 189, from where purchased
Thence by descent
Exhibited
Glanz der Himmelssöhne: Kaiserliche Teppiche aus China 1400–1750, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, 2005-2006, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue (Hans König & Michael Franses, 2005, London, p.38, fig.33 - detail).

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Lot Essay

This carpet displays an interesting combination of designs which include both floral and geometric patterns, as well as the inclusion of a much rarer figurative motif of a deer in the central shaped medallion. The deer, which is a symbol for long life, appears on just a few carpets that have survived from the classical period, although they were more frequently depicted on small mats towards the end of the 19th century. The pictorial cartouche depicts a single deer beneath a tree, possibly laden with fruiting pomegranates.

The rhythm and finesse of the chrysanthemum leaf and scrolling vine and the softness of the colour in the present carpet are similar to those of a contemporaneous example in the Victoria & Albert Museum (Donald King, "Chinese Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The History of the Collection", HALI, vol.5, no.2, 1982, p.145). Another yellow ground runner with an overall field of ascending chrysanthemum but which lacked all of its borders, was part of the collection of Erik Risman, offered in these Rooms, 5 April 2011, lot 241 while another more complete example sold in these Rooms, 26 October 2017, lot 295.

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