Rare and collectable Chinese carpet that came out of Tibet – hence the red cloth covered felt border so popular amongst Tibetans - but believed to have been made somewhere in Inner Mongolia no later than 1900, quite possibly in the last quarter 1800's. It depicts two very well rendered mythical creatures, the Qilin and the Phoenix, and has symbolic religious motifs (the Endless Knot, the Two Fishes and the Wheel Of Life) at the cardinal points in the border. It has cotton warp and weft and the size is 163cm x 86cm (approximately 64in x 34in) including the red cloth border. It came out of Tibet in the early 1960's with a refugee fleeing Chinese persecution and was collected in Kathmandu, Nepal, circa 1970, and this is the first time on the market since then. The colours are very solid, there are no ‘colour runs’, no repairs or reweaves, and is in excellent condition. Please see more photos and information here https://warpandweft.club/portfolio-item/baotou-suiyuan-item-20/