NORTH CHINA, CIRCA 1910

A late 19th example comparable to the present lot is published in John J. Eskenazi’s, Il Tappeto Orientale (Turin, 1987, pl.343, p.488). The palette, floral meander border and ornate medallion are all very close, although the ‘hundred antiques’ in the field of that example have been translated into floral motifs in our carpet.