CARPETS: Afghan Carpet, Ghashghai Carpet, Chinese Carpet, Heriz Carpet, Ushak Carpet
An Afghan Carpet, the madder field
with three columns of six gab and minor
motifs, within a cross border and single guard
stripes, 233 by 204cm.; 7ft. 8in. by 6ft. 8in.
A Ghashghai Carpet, the washed madder field with three connecting indigo medallions and all-over stylized flower heads, within [...]

TIBETAN CARPET, CHINESE PICTORIAL RUG, TABRIZ RUGS, MASHHAD AMOGHLI CARPET, KASHAN MOHTASHAM CARPET
A TIBETAN CARPET, the camel field with five four-clawed dragon medai¬llons, with a black fretwork border, 12ft. lin. by 9ft. 4in. (368cm. by 284cm.), circa 1950, condition:
fair.
AN OVAL CHINESE PICTORIAL RUG, depicting a galleon on the high seas, 7ft. 7in. by 4ft. 6in. [...]

Antique Chinese Carpets
It is only in the last few decades that Chinese carpets, previously overshadowed by the enthusiasm of collectors for Persian carpets, have been given the attention they long deserved. While the quality of Chinese carpets declined at the end of the 19th century, in part due to an increasing use of chemical dyes, [...]