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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¬ in. (251.4 cm. x 159 cm.)
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
清十八/十九世紀 祥獅穿蓮雜寶紋地毯
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