Description:

East Turkestan, Tarim Basin, mid19th ct.
260 x 123 cm
Private Collection of Diplomat Dr. Hans Bidder (1897-1963), purchased in China before World War II.
Published in: Bidder, Hans, Carpets from Eastern Turkestan, Maryland (1979), pte. VIII, n. 2.
Moth damages, damages due to age. The back of the carpet all-over covered with glue remnants.