Beschreibung:

China, 18th-19th century. Woven in shades of blue and cream on a golden yellow ground with a front facing five-clawed dragon above two confronting dragons flanking a flaming pearl, all above crashing waves, the stepped sides embellished with an elegant foliate meander band. Provenance: Collection of Robert Rousset (1901-1982). Old merchant label to back, ‘14853 xgD$ 75 x 72’. Robert Rousset was a former radio officer in the merchant navy. He is one of the most prominent French pioneers of the Chinese art market in Paris. As a child, his father, an insurance agent, would take him to Hôtel Drouot where he started to buy at a young age. His true passion for Asian art started in the 1920s, when he was sent on a mission to Beijing after the decline of the Qing empire, along with Osvald Sirén, the famous Swedish Asian art historian and connoisseur. He then became one of the main contributors of Chinese antiques for the Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, founded in Paris in the early 20th century by the Blazy brothers. After the 1929 stock market crash, he had the opportunity to acquire the company. With his sister Suzanne in charge of the porcelain, they developed the business and became one of the most important dealers in France, selling pieces to the greatest museums, including the Musée Guimet and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear, traces of use and minimal soiling. Dimensions: Size 72 x 74 cm In the diary of Father Gerbillon, a Jesuit priest, it is recorded that the Kangxi Emperor visited Ningxia in 1697 and was presented with several locally made carpets which he took back with him to the Empress. With Imperial interest in the Ningxia carpets and their designs being closely related to court styles of the Ming period, their appeal increased throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Their interest to the present market is their understated elegance and balanced composition with their reduced and subtle range of colors. Auction result comparison: Compare a related Ningxia throne-back rug, but depicting an elephant instead of dragons, at Bonhams New York in The Geldart Collection of Chinese Furniture, Scholar's Objects and Carpets on 18 September 2009, lot 8097, sold for USD 5,185. 清代寧夏“雲龍戲珠”王座靠背毯 中國，十八至十九世紀。橘黃色地上以藍色和米色編織，正面一只五爪龍，其兩側下方各有另外一隻，三只龍圍著一枚火珠。下方波浪翻滾，四周卷葉紋裝飾。 來源：Robert Rousset (1901-1982) 收藏。背面有舊商家標籤 ‘14853 xgD$ 75 x 72’。Robert Rousset曾是商船的無線電通信官。 他是法國巴黎的中國藝術市場最傑出的先驅之一。他的父親是一名保險代理人，會帶他去 Hôtel Drouot拍賣行，孩提時代他就開始購買藝術品。 他對亞洲藝術的真正熱情始於 1920 年代，當時清朝沒落，他與瑞典著名亞洲藝術史學家和鑑賞家 Osvald Sirén 一起被派往北京。 隨後，他成為二十世紀初由 Blazy 兄弟在巴黎創立的 Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes 旗下中國古董的主要合作者之一。1929 年股市崩盤後，他有機會收購了這家公司。在他負責瓷器的妹妹 Suzanne的帶領下，他們發展了這項業務，並成為法國最重要的經銷商之一，向最大的博物館，包括吉美博物館和大都會藝術博物館，出售古董。 品相：狀況極佳，有輕微的磨損、使用痕跡和少量的污跡。 尺寸：72 x 74 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件寧夏王座靠毯，但是象紋取代了龍紋，于紐約邦翰思The Geldart Collection of Chinese Furniture, Scholar's Objects and Carpets，2009年9月18日，lot 8097，售價USD 5,185。