A Tibetan Buddhist rug, the red ground with three circular medallions within a blue Greek-key border. 143 x 72 cm. Literature: Hongqi, L, antique carpets of China, p. 125 (a similar rug)
A Tibetan 'Khaden' sleeping rug, circa 1940s, decorated with large peony blossoms on a maroon ground with stylised ocean and mountains, with borders of pearls and flowers. 162 cm x 84 cm. Some minor pulling of the loops in some small areas. Some minor…
A hand knotted Tibetan Tantra rug, with Buddhist symbolic skeleton surrounded by skulls and human heads alternating with crossed dorje (double tridents) symbols on a deep blue ground. 150 x 88 cm.
A Tibetan tiger rug early 20th century, depicting a flayed tiger pelt in brown wool on a mustard yellow ground, 170 cm high, 71 cm wide. Provenance: Christie's auction 25/8/2005
Giulio Cappellini (Italian, b. 1954), Magic Carpet, manufactured by Cappellini, hand-knotted Tibetan green wool and viscose, 200 x 300 cm. Provenance: Cult Design
Tibetan wool rug, decorated with dragon chasing phoenix amongst clouds, in shades of orange, green and blue, 195 x 94 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Bill Lobban
Tibetan wool rug, decorated with dragon chasing phoenix amongst clouds, in shades of orange, green and blue, 195 x 94 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Bill Lobban
A Tibetan wool rug with dragons and phoenix, a border of stylized clouds and waves, 19th/20th century, made from the highland sheep and traditionally used for sleeping, called a khaden, also for seating, wall hanging and flooring. Provenance: Purchased…
A Sino-Tibetan 'dragon' rug, Late 19th century to early 20th century, 170 cm x 85 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in Kathmandu between 1975 and 1977
A Tibetan 'tiger' rug, 19th century to mid 20th century 160 cm x 87 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in Kathmandu between 1975 and 1977