CIRCA: 1920’s
A somewhat unusual under-saddle carpet (makden) with a snow lion – the national animal of Tibet – on either side with a border featuring dragons and phoenixes and a mix of aniline and natural dyes. The center extension cloth is a piece of ‘nambu’ textile tie-dyed in the popular puluo design fashion. [A similar example is published on page 142, plate 12.47A, Dragon and Horse by Koos de Jong: while a similar set – i.e. both the under and above saddle carpets – can be seen on page 78, plate 90, in the book Woven Jewels; Tibetan Rugs from Southern California Collections.] ALREADY SOLD.