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The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to  ...
The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to  ...
The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to  ...
The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to  ...
The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to  ...
The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to  ...
The end fragment of a longer carpet, most likely made in the Baotou-Suiyuan region of China circa the early 1900’s, and which has (much more recently) been professionally mounted so as to hang from a cloth covered wooden headboard. In the upper center the design shows the mythical 'Mount Meru' - the sacred five peaked mountain considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes according to Buddhist, Jain and Hindu cosmology - while beneath it are stylised waves, clouds, mountains and sea spray coming off the prominent singular waves where the lesser mountain range ends near the selvedge’s. Also note the four 'flaming jewels' atop the lesser mountains, with the inner two actually spouting flames (see last image for close up of one). The fragment is a mix of chemical and some natural dyes, that is the blue dyes appear to be natural, and the main field ‘peach-like’ colour seen on the front has faded from a darker red (as can be seen in the close-up photo from the back) which may have come from logwood, a natural dye well known to fade because of its light sensitive properties. It has a wool pile and cotton warp and weft and the size is 102cm x 50cm (approximately 40.25in x 19.75in) including the headboard. The pile is somewhat low, and it has one very small worn spot, otherwise there are no reweaves / repiling in the fragment itself. (For more Baotou-Suiyuan carpets please see - https://warpandweft.club/baotou-suiyuan/)
price:  SOLD. Thank you!