A rug, semi-antique Baotou, China, ca 135 x 70 cm

A dark blue ground with a polychrome decor of the "hundred antiques", fruits, peonies and lotus flowers. The "hundred antiques," a Chinese decorative pattern that can include antiquities, scholars' objects and decorative arts of all types, became popular during the seventeenth century. Especially common in the decorative arts of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

Insignificant wear.