AN IMPERIAL SILK AND METALLIC THREAD CARPET QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
woven in the centre with a Bodhisattva seated atop a lotus pedestal before a flaming mandorla, below a pair of confronting dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst stylised cloud scrolls and floral sprays, all encircled by twelve shaped cartouches variously enclosing auspicious symbols and the Buddhist emblems reserved on a geometric diaper band, the top inscribed Qianqing Gong yuyong (For Imperial use in the Hall of Heavenly Purity)
approx. 212 by 125.5 cm, 83 1/2 by 49 3/8 in.
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woven in the centre with a Bodhisattva seated atop a lotus pedestal before a flaming mandorla, below a pair of confronting dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst stylised cloud scrolls and floral sprays, all encircled by twelve shaped cartouches variously enclosing auspicious symbols and the Buddhist emblems reserved on a geometric diaper band, the top inscribed Qianqing Gong yuyong (For Imperial use in the Hall of Heavenly Purity)
approx. 212 by 125.5 cm, 83 1/2 by 49 3/8 in.
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