OBJECT OF THE MONTH: AUGUST
A Ningxia rug, wool pile on a cotton foundation with a field design of stylised dragon roundels with a central roundel of four confronted dragons and three, equally spaced, individual dragon roundels and four corner single dragon spandrels within a double blue line border and a lattice type wan design within a single line border and a blue edge.
Ningxia, Western China, first half of the 19th century.
7 ft 1/4 in x 4ft 4 1/4 in (214 x 133 cm)
Provenance:
Sandra Whitman, San Francisco.
Ian and Susan Wilson, San Francisco.
On loan to the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln (2003 -2018)
Ningxia, Western China, first half of the 19th century.
7 ft 1/4 in x 4ft 4 1/4 in (214 x 133 cm)
Provenance:
Sandra Whitman, San Francisco.
Ian and Susan Wilson, San Francisco.
On loan to the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln (2003 -2018)
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