CHINA
Khotan Carpet
East Turkestan, historic Silk Road region, Xinjiang Province, PR China, 19th century.
Beautiful nomadic carpet in a classic tent size, gray-blue field with a dense, symmetrically structured pomegranate pattern with scrolling vines and leaves. In China, the pomegranate is a symbol of fertility because of its many seeds; together with the peach and the Buddha’s hand citron it forms the Three Auspicious Fruits, symbols of abundance. Four-part floral border.
L: 304 cm, B: 165 cm
Preis: 1200 €
TIBET
Saddle Blanket
Tibet, 20. Jh..
Geometric form, dark blue field with a multicolored floral rosette surrounded by blossoms and symbolic fruits; the two saddle halves connected by a serrated beige cartouche and a rectangular blue-beige mottled cartouche from which a red bat — an auspicious symbol — emerges. Narrow blue linear and blue-white meander borders, adjoining a wide madder-red border with colorful flowers and auspicious motifs. Two leather-bound openings for the saddle fittings.
L: 110 cm, B: 62 cm
Preis: 260 €
Rare Camel Saddle Blanket
Innere Mongolei, 20. Jh..
Narrow, geometric form, beige field with a dark blue floral rosette and an upright peony bouquet; wide dark blue floral border; the two saddle halves connected by a serrated green-mottled cartouche outlined in red; two unbound openings for the saddle fittings.
L: 140 cm, B: 45 cm
Preis: 260 €