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Ning Xia Dragon Carpet
New
210 x 140 cm (6' 11" x 4' 7")
China, 19th century
Condition: good, full pile, both left corners restored, scattered small repairs
Warp: cotton, weft: cotton, pile: wool
An archaically depicted dragon rushes excitedly through the clouds to chase the Buddhist flame pearl.
This type of depiction is mostly found on Chinese column carpets. However, these are designed in such a way that the complete dragon can only be seen when the carpet is wrapped around a column and the right and left sides are brought together. The complete depiction of a dragon is much rarer.
Such pieces were also used to decorate Buddhist temples. Other carpets with different representations, but with similar or identical upper and lower borders, were hung next to the dragon. At the upper end, we see shapes that are often found in Tibetan monasteries in a wide variety of textile techniques.
The dragon flies over the primordial ocean, from which Mount Meru rises in the middle, representing the center of the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes. Buddhist symbols seem to emerge from the waves: we recognize corals, the wheel of the law, the pagoda, and the sounding stones. The same depiction can also be found on the lower hems of dragon robes.
The clouds are also particularly varied in their design, some woven in a swastika shape, others in a mushroom shape.
A similar carpet is illustrated in Hali 194, page 75.
Estimate: € 8000 - 12000
China, 19th century
Condition: good, full pile, both left corners restored, scattered small repairs
Warp: cotton, weft: cotton, pile: wool
An archaically depicted dragon rushes excitedly through the clouds to chase the Buddhist flame pearl.
This type of depiction is mostly found on Chinese column carpets. However, these are designed in such a way that the complete dragon can only be seen when the carpet is wrapped around a column and the right and left sides are brought together. The complete depiction of a dragon is much rarer.
Such pieces were also used to decorate Buddhist temples. Other carpets with different representations, but with similar or identical upper and lower borders, were hung next to the dragon. At the upper end, we see shapes that are often found in Tibetan monasteries in a wide variety of textile techniques.
The dragon flies over the primordial ocean, from which Mount Meru rises in the middle, representing the center of the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes. Buddhist symbols seem to emerge from the waves: we recognize corals, the wheel of the law, the pagoda, and the sounding stones. The same depiction can also be found on the lower hems of dragon robes.
The clouds are also particularly varied in their design, some woven in a swastika shape, others in a mushroom shape.
A similar carpet is illustrated in Hali 194, page 75.
Estimate: € 8000 - 12000