This Ningxia Chinese #7273 Oriental rug measures 6’3” x 9’2”. It has 9 five toed dragons in blue on an orange gold ground. Sacred mountain meditation points quarter the rug and are in every corner, for a total of eight. The minor border consists of blue waves encompassed by a a second minor border with various colored cartouches with various cloud motifs all enclosed with a major border in the wave motif. The color palette consists of three shades of blue, to shades of green, silver, orange, and a very pale aubergine. At the top of the rug is a blue cartouche consisting of three Chinese characters which say ‘Pavilion of Infinite Light’ which refers to a room in the Golden Pavilion in Yellow Monastery in the Forbidden City which was built to hold the remains of the sixth Panchen Erdeni who died on the second day of the 11th month of the 45th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong which relates to the year 1780. https://antiqueorientalrugs.com/product/7273-antique-ningxia/