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香港佳士得2005年5月30日，編號1288

整體品相良好，帶正常性磨痕及脫線。如圖錄所示，部分穗飾缺失。
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準買家應該檢查每款拍品以確認其狀況，蘇富比所作的任何陳述均為專業主觀看法而非事實陳述。準買家應參考有關該拍賣的重要通知（見圖錄）。

雖然本狀況報告或有針對某拍品之討論，但所有拍賣品均根據印於圖錄內之業務規則以拍賣時狀況出售。

The inscription on the present rug reads Qianqing Gong yuyong which can be translated as 'For the imperial use in the Palace of Heavenly Purity'. Located at the northern end of the Forbidden City, the Qianqing Gong was one of the three main palaces in the inner court. During the Ming dynasty, it served as the emperors' living quarters, but during the Qing dynasty the emperors used it as an audience hall for meetings with the Grand Council, receiving foreign envoys, and holding banquets.

Two other rare carpets created for the Qianging Gong, decorated with rows of geometric motifs and lacking the more elaborate dragon design of the current carpet, were sold at auction, the first sold in our London rooms, 12th July 2006, lot 114; and another more recently in our New York rooms, 15th March 2017,  lot 592. decorated with dragons and inscribed with Qianqing Gong beiyong (reserved for imperial use in the Palace of Heavenly Purity), was sold in these rooms, 16th-17th September 2014, lot 208. See also an example, For an earlier example with similar design, see a Ming dynasty rug in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in Classics of the Forbidden City. Carpets in the Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2010, p. 32.