6 | Ningxia Carpet, North West China, Late 19th Century

• Wool on cotton
• North West China, late 19th c.
• Knot density: approx. 250,000 knots per m2
• Dimensions: 2.95 x 2.44 m
• Age-according good condition
• This object is sold through the Berlin office

A decorative carpet from the north western Chinese province Ningxia. In the crème-colored field a central disk medallion is located. The spandrels and the border in floral tendril pattern. The colors of the pattern are yellow and different shades of indigo blue. The carpet is in age-according good condition with lesser soilings. The carpet is tarnished in the central medallion. The shirazi is rubbed. The dimensions are 2.19 x 1.23 m.