Kangxi,
China, approx. 235 x 145 cm, late 17th century, wool pile on cotton foundation, a museum-quality, peony-vine carpet with central medallion on a yellow ground, with beautiful lotus flowers and tendrils trailing along the main border, the dark-brown corroded band, which outwardly completes the carpet, is found only on very early pieces, consistent low pile with some repairs, the sides and lower finish original, the upper finish only fragmentary and largely supplemented, edge and end damage. (MA)
Lit.: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, Glanz der Himmelssöhne, Kaiserliche Teppiche aus China 1400 - 1750; H. A. Lorentz, A view of Chinese Carpets; Moshe Tabibnia, Intrecci Cinesi, Antica arte Tessile XV - XIX Secolo.
25.02.2014 - 16:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 17,380.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 9,000.- to EUR 12,000.-
Kangxi,
China, approx. 235 x 145 cm, late 17th century, wool pile on cotton foundation, a museum-quality, peony-vine carpet with central medallion on a yellow ground, with beautiful lotus flowers and tendrils trailing along the main border, the dark-brown corroded band, which outwardly completes the carpet, is found only on very early pieces, consistent low pile with some repairs, the sides and lower finish original, the upper finish only fragmentary and largely supplemented, edge and end damage. (MA)
Lit.: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, Glanz der Himmelssöhne, Kaiserliche Teppiche aus China 1400 - 1750; H. A. Lorentz, A view of Chinese Carpets; Moshe Tabibnia, Intrecci Cinesi, Antica arte Tessile XV - XIX Secolo.
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| Auction: | Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 25.02.2014 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 14.02. - 25.02.2014 |
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