A `LOTUS AND BUTTERFLY` NINGXIA CARPET FRAGMENT

Lot 145
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ID 1404640
Lot 145 | A 'LOTUS AND BUTTERFLY' NINGXIA CARPET FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 10 000
A 'LOTUS AND BUTTERFLY' NINGXIA CARPET FRAGMENT
NORTH CHINA, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Light areas of wear, localised corrosion with associated repiling and minor restoration
6ft.1in. x 3ft.8in. (186cm. x 116cm.)




Provenance

Frank Michaelian, New York
Anon sale., Edelmann Galleries, New York, 26 September 1979, lot 83, 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, London, 2005, p.87, pl.19)
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