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AN EMBROIDERED WHITE SILK PANEL A SILK AND METAL-THREAD RUG
LATE QING DYNASTY LATE QING DYNASTY
70q x 69 in. (179 x 175.3 cm.) Woven with a four-character inscription, tai miao bei yong (reserved for the use
of the Ancestral Temple).
$8,000-12,000 146 x 112 in. (370 x 284.5 cm.)
$10,000-15,000
晚清ǎז❚́ḵ故̢圖屏
It is unusual to find carpets decorated with a design of topographical
observations, rather than the more frequently encountered configurations
of dragons or overall floral or geometric designs, and it is possible that the
weaver was greatly inspired by the medium of Chinese scroll paintings. A
similar silk and metal-thread carpet with a topographical design, but with a
different inscription (jing fu ge), sold at Christie's London, 26 April 2017, lot
202.

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晚清ǎ金絲Ǚ太廟ҧ用ǚ山水樓閣圖ঃ毯