Fine Chinese Pictorial Carpet

Wool on cotton foundation, first half 20th century, the field with scene of two women in a landscape with bamboo, floral, and temple motifs, Chinese poem to sky, red bamboo borders, with outer navy blue border of trailing large-scale floral and foliate motifs.

9 ft 9 in. x 13 ft. 3 in.

The Chinese characters on this carpet are a poem:
月色如明 Moonlight is bright / The moon shines radiantly
天光下画 Heavenly light falls onto the painted surface

Knot pop ups; discoloration to fringes and selvage; loss to fringe ends with reinforcement stitches added.

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