Chair Rug
CultureChinese
Date18th century
MediumKnotted wool
DimensionsOverall: 41 1/2 x 63 inches (105.41 x 160.02 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-977
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DescriptionRectangular rug with a medallion in the center of a lion in blue, surrounded by a background and borders of floral and geometric designs, in shades of blue, yellow and tan.ProvenanceWith Yung Ku Chai, Ch'ien Men Wei, Peiping, or Li Tsin Chiu, Hatamen Ta Chieh, Peiping, by July 1933 [1];
Purchased in Peiping, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] Documentation of this object's vendor is convoluted in purchase records. According to a purchase document in the Nelson-Atkins Registration file, the vendor is identified as Yung Ku Chai, Ch'ien Men Wei, Peiping. However, Sickman's financial statement for the purchase, as well as a memorandum dated August 23, 1933, names Li Tsin Chiu, Hatamen Ta Chieh, Peiping, as the person from whom the object was purchased. Sickman associates this name elsewhere with the North China Trading Company.
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