This rug features two snow lions around a central medallion, set within an intricate geometric border.
The snow lions here are depicted playing with a ball. According to Chinese legend, female snow lions produce milk from their paws, and leaving hollow balls for the snow lions to play with would consequently allow the milk to be collected within the balls. The balls are often depicted with silk streamers attached.
In the four corners of the brown field are scrolled leaves and flowers in the stylized form of a bat, pianfu, which is a symbol of prosperity.
The border design is composed of stylized half-flowers, squares and lines and swastikas, with 6 large stylized flowers interspersed along the border. The Buddhist swastika is a symbol of longevity and infinity.
Tibet, 100 years, 1.20m x 0.67m
RM 2,400
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