AN IMPORTANT NINGSHIA CARPET
LONGEVITY DESIGN, CHINA
CIRCA 1680

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Hand Knotted with Coloured Wools
Dimensions: 10ft 7 x 9ft 1 3m23 x 2m77

The all-over lattice design of this early Chinese carpet, drawn in ink-blue and outlined in cyan, is composed using the Chinese "longevity" symbol. Within the lattice are contained bat and rosette motifs and a warm honey coloured field is revealed throughout. The whole is surrounded by a meandering key border, itself enclosed within three outer guard stripes.