A LARGE WOOL CARPET

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE WOOL CARPET
Late 19th Century
The main field woven with a large central cartouche enclosing a floral medallion surrounded by stylized bats, reserved on a ground of floral cell patterns with spandrels of abstract peony scroll at the four corners, all within stylized key scroll and dragon bands and an inner band of "precious objects" alternating with various floral-patterned panels, picked out predominantly in bright red with shades of blue, yellow, cream and green within a plain, dark blue outer border
190 x 136in. (482 x 345.4cm.)