Antique Peking Rug
N°
00508
Period
Circa 1900
Origin
Northern China
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
250 cm x 113 cm8'2" x 3'8"
The painterly effect obtained by mixing varying proportions of ivory and indigo wool is peculiar to this family of northern Chinese weavings. As most of them were sourced directly in China one is led to think that they weren’t intended as export items but rather to satisfy a local commission. Here we see an unusual variant where the ‘salt and pepper’ background is overlaid with a blue field divided into squares and a border with a honeycomb arrangement of polychrome diamonds.