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A SILK `DRAGON' CARPET
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 20TH
CENTURY
With the shaped roundel enclosing a
front-facing dragon at the center and
further dragons in the spandrels within
floral and geometric borders, the
top edge with five characters reading
Baohedian beiyong (for use at the Hall of
Preserving Harmony)
8 ft. º x 5 ft. 1æ in. (244.3 x 156.7 cm.)
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, 31 October 1986,
lot 89.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf
Collection, Chicago.

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