IMPORTANT PILLAR CARPET WITH MAUDGALYAYANA.

Origin: China. Gansu.
Dynasty: Qing dynasty.
Date: Mid 19th c.
Technique: Pile from wool; warp and weft cotton.
Description: Maudgalyayana was; together with Sariputra; one of the first followers of the Buddha. He
is barefoot; dressed in the three-piece kasaya robe and holding a staff with stupa. His
body is surrounded by the Eight Buddhist Treasures and clouds. Between the staff and his
head is placed in a ruyi-shaped reserve the character for the moon. Below waves with rocks
and the deep water; above a border with tassels.
Measurement: 268x121cm.
Condition A/B.

Provenance:
-Formerly collection David Te-Chun Wang.
-Rhenish private collection.

Published:
-Terry Stratton: Antique Chinese Carpets. England 1978. P. 58/59; pl. 19.