A `LOTUS AND PEONY` RUG

Lot 140
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1404655
Lot 140 | A 'LOTUS AND PEONY' RUG
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A 'LOTUS AND PEONY' RUG
NINGXIA, NORTH CHINA, MID 17TH CENTURY
Good pile throughout, marginal corrosion in camel colour with associated repiling, end guard stripes rewoven
8ft.4in. x 6ft.3in. (259cm. x 194cm.)




Provenance

Reputedly from the Imperial Palace, Beijing
Yamanka & Co., New York
American Art Associations, New York, 1917, lot 307
Patricia Whitofs, London (1934-2000)
With The Textile Gallery, London, 1989, from where purchased
Thence by descent



Literature

HALI, Issue 142, 2005, front cover
Moshe Tabibnia and Tiziana Marchesi, ed., Intrecci Cinesi, Antica Arte tessile XV-XIX secolo, Moshe Tabibnia Gallery, Milan, 2011, p.24, pl.3



Exhibited

Glanz der Himmelssöhne Kaiserliche Teppiche aus China 1400-1750, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, 2005-2006, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, ( Michael Franses and Hans König, London, 2005, pp. 84-5, pl.17)
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