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VARIOUS PROPERTIES

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                                  A LARGE AMBER-GROUND CUT-VELVET CARPET

                                     LATE QING DYNASTY

                             The carpet is cut in the center with a central lotus blossom within a leaf-form quatrefoil panel,
                             all on a ground of blossoming lotus meander within an archaistic dragon border and outer
                             borders of archaistic scroll and dragons writhing amidst vines, all in vibrant shades of amber,
                             pale purple, and pink on the amber ground.
                             127Ω in. (324 cm.) x 74æ in. (189.8 cm.)
                             $8,000-12,000

                                                          PROVENANCE

                             Private collection, Japan, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century

                                  晚清 黃絨地蓮紋毯

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