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PROPERTY FROM THE HALL IN MEMORY OF CYPRESS (JIBO TANG)
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A RARE SILK AND METALLIC THREAD CARPET The ‘Hall of Supreme Harmony’ is the large main hall situated at the
LATE QING DYNASTY heart of the Forbidden City where all important oficial receptions were
The central feld is woven with a cloud roundel enclosing a phoenix and conducted, including an emperor’s coronation, weddings, birthdays, and
peonies, amidst scrolling peonies, lotus, and chrysanthemums, surrounded receiving foreign dignitaries.
by four dragons chasing faming pearls in shaped panels in the four corners, 晚清 「太和殿備用」款四龍團鳳紋絲毯
all within an inner border of key-fret and an outer border of Buddhist emblems
and foral scroll. The top is woven with the fve-character inscription Taihedian
Beiyong (for Imperial use in the Great Hall of Supreme Harmony).
Approximately 111º x 74º in. (282.5 x 188.6 cm.)
$8,000-12,000
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