A FINELY WOVEN SILK AND METAL THREAD CARPET

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HKD 252 000
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30.05.2023 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 963338
Lot 3103 | A FINELY WOVEN SILK AND METAL THREAD CARPET
A FINELY WOVEN SILK AND METAL THREAD CARPET

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.)

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