Rug with a bronze colored field achieved by applying braided metallic threads to the base web of cotton. The design of five-clawed dragons, flaming jewels and the Heavenly Sea motif stands out in a relief against this ground. Colors chiefly blue, red, tans and green. All are faded and the reds have run slightly. Sides overcast, ends finished with a narrow web terminating in a gold fringe recently applied. Across the lower web a series of chinese characters woven in gold threads. Cotton warp and woof. Senna knot, 12 to the lineal inch.

Rug, 19th century

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Rug with a bronze colored field achieved by applying braided metallic threads to the base web of cotton. The design of five-clawed dragons, flaming jewels and the Heavenly Sea motif stands out in a relief against this ground. Colors chiefly blue, red, tans and green. All are faded and the reds have run slightly. Sides overcast, ends finished with a narrow web terminating in a gold fringe recently applied. Across the lower web a series of chinese characters woven in gold threads. Cotton warp and woof. Senna knot, 12 to the lineal inch.