Ningxia Rug

echoes the lotus theme. References: For a similar rug see Lorentz, A View of Chinese Rugs

field is enclosed by a border of overlapping dark blue circles on a medium blue ground. The rug

Nine dragons dance in a salmon pink sky, all playfully chasing four flaming pearls. The dragons are charmingly rendered, with their five-clawed limbs splaying outward and hind legs ...

The peach field is decorated with clouds interspersed with shou, the symbol of good fortune and bats, the symbol of long life. The field is enclosed by a minor pearl border and a ma...

A robin’s egg blue peony central medallion floats on a grains of rice ground. The corner guards depict peonies. There is a triple border consisting of a pearl border, a peony and sp...

This is a lovely and important example of a Yongzheng carpet. The carpet can be placed in the early 18th century because of the addition of white to the shading of the fretwork. Du...

A truly magnificent antique Ningxia Chinese rug with a geometric "Sayagata" or Key-Fret design in

Early 19th century Chinese Ningxia carpet. Highly collectable. Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 22 inches.

The Ningxia region, located near the Mongolian border, boasts one of the most ancient and venerable

With two, five claw imperial dragons chasing flaming pearl surrounded by sea wave and cloud band border, very good color combination with ivory field. Both selvages original, ends wi...

very good considering its age. Provenance: China - Ningxia. Dimensions: length 275 cm, width 190 cm.

Peony medallion surmounting a field of Buddha’s hand with simple corner guards and a fret border with evenly spaced peonies.

This Ningxia Chinese Oriental rug (inv#7273) measures 6’3” X 9’2”. It has 9 five toed dragons in

A very large Chinese Ninxgia, circa 1960 rug featuring a dragon surrounded by clouds motifs and

A lovely good sized 19th century Ningxia carpet with a peony medallion and scattered antiques and

Ningxia Dragon rug five claws, 19th century. Beijing in the Forbidden City of Ningxia !! Dragon

. References: For examples of similar cloud collar medallion rugs, see H. A. Lorentz, A

Chinese style. This was particularly apparent in Chinese carpets. This rug displays the lush romantic

Archaic dragon rondels are enclosed by four lotus with spandrels. The rug has a nicely drawn lotus

later. The combination of the yellows, tans and robin’s egg blue make for an exceptionally lovely rug

: For an in depth discussion of diamond and square Kangxi rugs see Michael Franses, Seat and Dias Covers

A large central medallion is overlaid on a lattice design (blue grains of rice on a beige ground.) At the center of the medallion is a stylized version of the Chinese character sho...

This is a lovely example of a prayer mat with a floral lattice ground, surmounted by spandrel corner guards. The minor border is also a lattice, with a running-T major border.

A Dorje soft orange medallion floats in a mustard yellow field with dorje corner guards of blue and light orange.

Beautifully drawn clouds float on a blue field. The field is edged in guard bands and archaic clouds.

A very nice seat-cover featuring dragon-head fret corner-guards and central medallion, all enclosed on an amber colored field by a wan border.

The field is a traditional fret ground. The fret and the wan border are auspicious symbols which represents continuing regeneration or eternity.

A floral diaper field with a reverse swastika fret central medallion and corner guards. The border consists of a pearl border and recurring reverse swastikas interrupted by peonies.

This runner is made up of four seat-covers sewn together. The runner was probably originally made to be used in a temple as a bench cover. The salmon-colored ground in each seat-cove...

This pre-1850s Ningxia Chinese rug (INV #7256) measures a nearly square 12’3’ X 11’9” (374.9 X

this pillar carpet is quite unusual for a pillar rug. For the dating of pillar carpets

This seat cover is decorated with a simple double dorje with cartouch corner-guards. The star shape created by the crossed dorje executed in tan on a chocolate brown ground. The tw...

A colorful and smartly designed kang or day-bed cover. The central field depicts a pattern of overlaping coins, some decorated with auspicious symbols, others with geometric patter...

Peony central medallion in a cartouch with dorje corner guards.

Four Foo dogs chase a ball amid four borders consisting of the
holy mountain rising from a cloud and waive border

The field is a diaper pattern formed by spandrels with a cloud medallion in each octagon. The runner has a beautiful cloud border with pearl guard borders on each side.

blueappears only in early Chinese rugs and is indicative of a seventeenth century date.

Stunning antique yellow ground nine dragon banner rug from Ningxia. This piece may have been made

and monasteries. The vibrant yellow field is characteristic of the rugs made in Ningxia since at

***Autumn SALE*** A very harmonious and calming piece, this rug used to grace the monks’ sitting

Antique Chinese - Ningxia rug. Measures: 4'8" x 7'6".

Beautiful small size antique Chinese Ningxia rug, country of origin / rug type: China, date circa

Antique Chinese Ningxia rug, size: 3'0" x 5'10".

This exceptional Ningxia carpet displays a cream-beige field centred by large, complex leaf and Ru

A very unusual Chinese rug, possibly used originally as a dais cover, which had been previously

Carpet made in the city of Baotou and its surroundings, in the northwestern part of the Ningxia

Chinese Ningxia rugs featuring bright yellow and blue shades.

Beautiful antique dragon design Chinese Ningxia runner rug, country of origin: China, circa date

A beautiful 17th century antique Chinese Ningxia rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Chinese Rug

Ningxia rugs are among the oldest antique rugs from China, many going back to the 18th century or

antique Ningxia style rug celebrates the cultural traditions and legends of Chinese history. Measures

A rare blue ground pillar rug of a large format decorated by an imposing and sinuous golden yellow

Rugs in this format were commissioned by the Tibetan monasteries to be used as meditation mats