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A NINGXIA BANNER RUG
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The pale orange ground centered by a tiger surrounded by
stylized clouds and auspicious emblems beneath a taotie mask
and above a lishui border
5 ft. 8º in. x 2 ft. 3/4 in. (174 cm. x 69.2 cm.)
$1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE:
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., Massachusetts, 24-26 August
1972, lot 1217.
Joseph G. Gerena Fine Art, New York, 22 May 1986.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
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TWO PILLAR RUGS
CHINA, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
The first with an orange field, the scrolling dragon
chasing a flaming pearl above a cloud-form border
and beneath fret-work borders; the other on a coral
field, the scrolling dragon chasing a flaming pearl
above a cloud-form border and beneath an inscription
and a decorative pearl border
The first 7 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. (226 cm. x 98 cm.); the
second 7 ft. x 2 ft. 10 in. (213 cm. x 64 cm.) (2)
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,
Chicago.
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