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Sotheby's Auctions » Fine Rugs and Carpets,
including Islamic Textiles » lot 40
Sale L03760
A Ninghsia carpet
West China
London, Bond Street 7,000—10,000 GBP Session
1
30 Apr 03 2:00 PM
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
16,800 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
357 by 234cm., 11ft. 9in. by 7ft. 8in.
DESCRIPTION
Qing dynasty, 18th century, reduced in width TECHNICAL
ANALYSIS
Warp: Cotton, undyed, Z4S
Weft: Cotton, undyed, Z spun, 2-3 shoots
Pile: Wool, asymmetrical knot open to the left
V/Hcm: 3-4/3
Selvedges: 2 bunches of 2 warps, wrapped undyed
cotton
Ends: warp fringes partially extant
Colours: Camel, saffron, light saffron, ivory,
medium indigo, powder-blue, grey-green
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The
precise dating of this unusual and beautiful carpet is
difficult as there are design elements linking it both to
both Kangxi and Qianlong weaving. Stylistically this
carpet is related to the Kangxi period (1662-1722) which
is often associated with an austerity but simple beauty
of design as seen in the present lot, see Eiland, M.,
Chinese and Exotic Rugs, London, 1979, p.64 and Franses, M.,
Classical Chinese Carpets I, London, 2000, p.17. Carpets
from this period often have a heavily latticed, geometric
field design, see for example a
carpet in thve Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dimand, M.S.,
and Jean Mailey, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, 1973, fig.268. In the present lot,
the lattice has vanished and the saffron four-sided ruyi
cartouches appear to float on the plain camel field. The
overall effect is one of simplicity and lightness. The
rare border of interlinked circles has replaced the more
usual fret-work border, and may be indicative of the
Qianlong period. This theory is based on the fact that,
although there appears to be no extant carpet published
with such border, it does appear in a carpet represented
in an ancestor portrait by Giuseppe Castiglione of the
Qianlong Emperor (reigned 1736-1795) see Dickinson, G.,
and Linda Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, Berkeley,
2000, p.47, pl.36
Seen on www.Sothebys.com
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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