Fantastic Imperial China Carpet from Forbidden City
Posted in Peking, antiques, chinese antiques, history collectibles, imperial china, scarce, special, unusual on 05/27/2009 09:24 pm by admin
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Rare Imperial Chinese Carpet from the Court of the Chinese Emperor |
At the upper border we can find 5 Chinese characters referring to the place it has been used: " The Jing Ren – Palace of the Forbidden City " in Beijing, where Emperor Kangxi was born. This so called " Jing Ren Palace " used to be the palace of the first wife or the favorite concubine of the Chinese Emperors. As this carpet belonged to a female member of the Imperial Court, a phoenix, the symbol of the Empress is to be found in the centre of the carpet. The dragon at the upper part of the carpet symbolizes the Son of Heaven, the Chinese Emperor. Futile rain, condensed from the clouds, are coming from the dragon’s mouth and nostrils, fresh the earth. The fabric of the carpet consists of wool and metal. It is completelyintact and well preserved.It belonged to a Chinese lady who resided in Austria and it is now in private possession. Rare as it is it would fit to collections of museums as well as investment in private collections or representational offices.
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