A CHINESE BAOTOU-SUIYAN SADDLE RUG

Inner Mongolia, 19th Century

內蒙古 十九世紀 包頭馬鞍毯

The central field decorated with a lotus flower enclosed by a key fret border on a yellow ground, surrounded by stylised sprays in ivory on a field of dark-blue and bordered by a band of key fret, the outer border decorated with blossoms issuing from curling leafy stems on a yellow ground,

74.5cm long, 104cm wide