A LARGE SILK AND METALLIC THREAD CARPET
A LARGE SILK AND METALLIC THREAD CARPET QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY The rectangular field woven in bright yellow, blue, cream and orange silk and gold metallic thread with forty-eight floral medallions, each surrounded by blue angular scrollwork and spaced with florettes at the corners, the side borders formed by cell pattern, floral scrolls and a wide band with alternating panels of flower and fruit branches and floral diaper patterns, woven at one end with a five-character inscription, Taihedian Yuyong , 'For imperial use in the Great Hall of Supreme Harmony' 122 x 97 in. (310 x 246.5 cm.)
A LARGE SILK AND METALLIC THREAD CARPET
A LARGE SILK AND METALLIC THREAD CARPET QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY The rectangular field woven in bright yellow, blue, cream and orange silk and gold metallic thread with forty-eight floral medallions, each surrounded by blue angular scrollwork and spaced with florettes at the corners, the side borders formed by cell pattern, floral scrolls and a wide band with alternating panels of flower and fruit branches and floral diaper patterns, woven at one end with a five-character inscription, Taihedian Yuyong , 'For imperial use in the Great Hall of Supreme Harmony' 122 x 97 in. (310 x 246.5 cm.)
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