ID 963338
Lot 3103 | A FINELY WOVEN SILK AND METAL THREAD CARPET
Estimate value
HKD 200 000 – 300 000
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The carpet is finely woven with delicate silk and gold-wrapped threads depicting a Buddhist lion playing with a Wheel of Law surrounded by eight cubs, amid scrolling lotus against a ground woven from silk and metal threads, flanked by Eight Buddhist Emblems and two precious objects between lishui borders above and below.
99 in. x 62 5/8 in. (251.4 cm. x 159 cm.)
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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