A RARE CHINESE NINGXIA YELLOW-GROUND 'NINE DRAGON' CARPET

Qing Dynasty, 19th Century

清十九世紀 寧夏黃地九龍紋地毯

The central field decorated with a nonet of five-clawed dragons flying amidst swirling lingzhi clouds and flaming pearls, enclosed by bands of cresting waves issuing sea-sprays and cloud swirls above a polychrome lishui border, all on a yellow ground,

approx. 304cm long, 221cm wide

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PROVENANCE:

Swiss Private Collection

來源：

瑞士私人收藏

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c.f. Compare a related carpet, decorated with the 'nine dragon' motif but instead on a dark-blue ground, together with the inscription 'Qianlong palace fabric' and dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated by Charles I. Rostow and Jia Guanyan in 'Chinese Carpets', 1983, New York, pl.68.

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