IMPORTANT PILLAR CARPET WITH FEMALE NAGINI.

Origin: China. Gansu.
Dynasty: Qing dynasty.
Date: Mid 19th c.
Technique: Wool for the pile; cotton for warp and weft.
Description: The female with the lower body of a snake is rising from waves. She is clothed in a dhoti
loincloth and her hair is coiffed in a bun and adorned with leaves. With both hands she
offers a bowl with pearls and other treasures. Around her shoulder are arranged stems of
cloud-like plants flowering at her back. This might symbolize lotus or lingzhi; the
mushroom of immortality. Beneath the waves the deep water lishui; at the upper part a
pearl border.
Measurement: 230x156cm.
Condition A/B.

Provenance:
-Rhenish private collection.

Literature:
-Terry Stratton: Antique Chinese Carpets. England 1978.