{"id":370681,"date":"2026-04-27T18:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/lot\/an-important-chinese-silk-carpet-1739441725\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:23:42","slug":"an-important-chinese-silk-carpet-1739441725","status":"publish","type":"lot","link":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/lot\/an-important-chinese-silk-carpet-1739441725\/","title":{"rendered":"[Auction 159] Lot 120 – An important Chinese silk carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century\r\r\nOf saffron-gold ground, the field decorated with an elaborate central lotus medallion in full bloom, surrounded by sinuous scrolling vines, composite flowers and auspicious clouds in tones of indigo blue, turquoise green and crimson\r\r\nThe field corners filled with extensions of the medallion’s floral scheme in symmetrical composition\r\r\nThe inner border with a leiwen meander pattern on a cream ground, framed by a narrow dark blue guard stripe\r\r\nThe main border on the same saffron-gold ground, decorated with sinuous floral scrolls, lotus blossoms, bats and scattered auspicious motifs\r\r\nWith outer guard stripe and fringed ends\r\r\nApproximately 220 lines per foot (18 knots per inch)\r\r\n(General wear consistent with age, pile loss to areas of the field and border, losses to the fringes)\r\r\n\r\r\n\u91cd\u8981\u4e2d\u56fd\u5bab\u5ef7\u4e1d\u7ec7\u5730\u6bef\uff0c\u4e2d\u56fd\uff0c\u6e05\u4ee3\uff0c\u5341\u4e5d\u4e16\u7eaa\u3002\u85cf\u7ea2\u91d1\u8272\u5730\uff0c\u4e2d\u592e\u9970\u7cbe\u7f8e\u76db\u5f00\u83b2\u82b1\u56e2\u82b1\u7eb9\u7ae0\uff0c\u5468\u56f4\u73af\u7ed5\u7f20\u679d\u5377\u8349\u3001\u5b9d\u76f8\u82b1\u53ca\u7965\u4e91\uff0c\u4ee5\u975b\u84dd\u3001\u677e\u77f3\u7eff\u4e0e\u7eef\u7ea2\u8272\u7ec7\u5c31\u3002\u5185border\u9970\u56de\u7eb9\uff0c\u4e3bborder\u540c\u8272\u5730\u9970\u7f20\u679d\u82b1\u5349\u3001\u83b2\u82b1\u3001\u8759\u8760\u53ca\u5409\u7965\u7eb9\u6837\u3002\u6bcf\u82f1\u5c3a\u7ea6220\u9053\uff08\u6bcf\u82f1\u5bf818\u7ed3\uff09\u3002","protected":false},"featured_media":371552,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-370681","lot","type-lot","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"auction_number":"159","number":"120","ref":"120","letter":"0","hammer_value":"0","show_hammer_value":true,"estimation_min":"50000","estimation_max":"80000","price_on_request":false,"author":false,"auction":{"ID":370176,"post_author":"44","post_date":"2026-03-17 12:23:13","post_date_gmt":"2026-03-17 12:23:13","post_content":"","post_title":"Auction 159 - Asian Art","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"auction-159-asian-art","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-05-07 10:58:12","post_modified_gmt":"2026-05-07 10:58:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/?post_type=auction&p=370176","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auction","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"name":"An important Chinese silk carpet","dimensions":"184x348,5 cm","description":"China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
\r
\r\nOf saffron-gold ground, the field decorated with an elaborate central lotus medallion in full bloom, surrounded by sinuous scrolling vines, composite flowers and auspicious clouds in tones of indigo blue, turquoise green and crimson
\r
\r\nThe field corners filled with extensions of the medallion's floral scheme in symmetrical composition
\r
\r\nThe inner border with a leiwen meander pattern on a cream ground, framed by a narrow dark blue guard stripe
\r
\r\nThe main border on the same saffron-gold ground, decorated with sinuous floral scrolls, lotus blossoms, bats and scattered auspicious motifs
\r
\r\nWith outer guard stripe and fringed ends
\r
\r\nApproximately 220 lines per foot (18 knots per inch)
\r
\r\n(General wear consistent with age, pile loss to areas of the field and border, losses to the fringes)
\r
\r\n
\r
\r\n\u91cd\u8981\u4e2d\u56fd\u5bab\u5ef7\u4e1d\u7ec7\u5730\u6bef\uff0c\u4e2d\u56fd\uff0c\u6e05\u4ee3\uff0c\u5341\u4e5d\u4e16\u7eaa\u3002\u85cf\u7ea2\u91d1\u8272\u5730\uff0c\u4e2d\u592e\u9970\u7cbe\u7f8e\u76db\u5f00\u83b2\u82b1\u56e2\u82b1\u7eb9\u7ae0\uff0c\u5468\u56f4\u73af\u7ed5\u7f20\u679d\u5377\u8349\u3001\u5b9d\u76f8\u82b1\u53ca\u7965\u4e91\uff0c\u4ee5\u975b\u84dd\u3001\u677e\u77f3\u7eff\u4e0e\u7eef\u7ea2\u8272\u7ec7\u5c31\u3002\u5185border\u9970\u56de\u7eb9\uff0c\u4e3bborder\u540c\u8272\u5730\u9970\u7f20\u679d\u82b1\u5349\u3001\u83b2\u82b1\u3001\u8759\u8760\u53ca\u5409\u7965\u7eb9\u6837\u3002\u6bcf\u82f1\u5c3a\u7ea6220\u9053\uff08\u6bcf\u82f1\u5bf818\u7ed3\uff09\u3002","additional_info":[{"title":"Additional Information","text":"Provenance: collection of a Swiss ambassador in Peking, acquired in China before the Second World War; thence by descent in the family; private collection, acquired from a descendant
\r
\r\nPrivate collection."}],"gallery":[{"image":{"ID":371552,"id":371552,"title":"159_120","filename":"120-scaled.jpg","filesize":1856726,"url":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/lot\/importante-tapete-imperial-em-seda-1600783338\/159_120\/","alt":"","author":"44","description":"","caption":"","name":"159_120","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":370680,"date":"2026-04-27 20:06:55","modified":"2026-04-27 20:07:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1651,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","medium-width":193,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1191,"large":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","large-width":660,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-991x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":991,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-1321x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1321,"2048x2048-height":2048,"v_medium":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-640x992.jpg","v_medium-width":640,"v_medium-height":992,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":193,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":258,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/120-scaled.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":387,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"is_video":false,"video_source":"","video_id":"","use_video_thumbnail":true}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lot\/370681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lot"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lot"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veritas.art\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}