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Lot 1814
A SITTING RUG WITH STYLIZED DRAGONS
Estimated Value:
300 € - 500 €
Result:
777 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, 19th c.75 x 71 cm (89 x 85 cm)
Fragment of a square Ningxia carpet. Wool (beige, graduated shades of blue). Border and back: blue fabric with woven dragon medallions. The seat rug features a medallion of a pair of opposing dragons stylized in the form of angular spirals (leiwen). Similar dragons also fill the corner spandrels.
From the estate of the Hans Achim Lorentz collection (1899-1974) - Traces of age and use, somewhat faded, some minor soiling. Framing borders cut
Publ. in Lorentz, Hans Joachim: "Chinesische Teppiche - Geschichte Ästhetik Symbolik" [Chinese Carpets - History Aesthetic Symbolism", Callwey, Munich 1975, p. 75, fig. 25
