ARTS OF THE HIMALAYAS II

AN EXQUISITE "KHADEN" RUG, Tibet, 1910s.

A RARE QIANLONG DRAGON ROUNDEL, QING, MID 18TH CENTURY

A SUPERB DRAGON & PHOENIX "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920s

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ARTS OF THE HIMALAYAS II

Imperial Asian Arts

We at Imperial Asian Arts, are proud to present you all with our New Year's ARTS OF THE HIMALAYAS II catalog. Bringing you a wide selection of collector antique Tibetan rugs and textiles, a range of authentic ancient Dzi beads, including an extremely rare 8 eye Dzi, amber and coral, Manuscript covers and furnitures, ritual arts from the Himalayas and metalwares from the Silk Route. Encompassing over 200 lots of carefully selected and curated artifacts, many of rugs from the sale are fresh out of European and American private collections and have not been on the market for decades. For any inquiries regarding condition reports, provenance and additional images, please email us at office@imperialasianarts.com.

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A MONUMENTAL NINGXIA PILLAR RUG, CHINA, 1800s: A SUPERB NINGXIA PILLAR RUG, China, early 19th century. Decorated with a single dragon with the wish fulfilling gem. Ningxia in Northern China provided Tibetan and Mongolian monasteries with large

0049: A MONUMENTAL NINGXIA PILLAR RUG, CHINA, 1800sEst. $4,000-$5,000Lot Passed

A SUPERB DRAGON & PHOENIX "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920s: A SUPERB DRAGON & PHOENIX "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920s. Decorated with pairs of dragons and phoenixes chasing the flaming pearl on dark blue ground. With perfectly complimenting lotuses and cloud

0050: A SUPERB DRAGON & PHOENIX "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920sEst. $5,000-$6,000Lot Passed

A FINE "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, 1900s: A FINE "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, Early 20th Century. Stunning Tibetan rug with four archaic dragons surrounding a stylizied flower medallion and frog prints on the deep red centre field, a blue/white rice

0051: A FINE "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, 1900sEst. $1,400-$1,600Lot Passed

A GEOMETRIC DESIGN "KHADEN", TIBET, 1920s.: A BEAUTIFUL "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, Early 20th Century. Decorated with brown geometric stylised Gau (amulet) design patterns on blue field. 170cm x 82.5cm.

0052: A GEOMETRIC DESIGN "KHADEN", TIBET, 1920s.Est. $1,800-$2,400Lot Passed

A "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, 1850s.: A VERY OLD "SHUDEN" RUG, Tibet, early to mid 19th Century. Decorated with a simple central floral motif, surrounded by a key-fret patterned field as the inner border, an unusual wave patterned middle

0053: A "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, 1850s.Est. $1,200-$1,400Lot Passed

A FINE "DRUMTZE" RUG, TIBET, 19TH CENTURY: A FINE "KAMDRUM" or "DRUMTZE" RUG, Kampa Dzong, Southern Tibet, Late 19th/Early 20th Century. Decorated with two archaic mandalas in the center, surrounded by a loosely meandering inner border,

0054: A FINE "DRUMTZE" RUG, TIBET, 19TH CENTURYEst. $1,600-$1,800Lot Passed

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A TEMPLE RUNNER, TIBET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY: A TEMPLE RUNNER, TIBET, 1920s. Separated as four square sitting rugs, each decorated with central medallions. 70cm x 270cm.

0055: A TEMPLE RUNNER, TIBET, EARLY 20TH CENTURYEst. $1,600-$1,800

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A BLACK & RED CHECKERED "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1900s: A BEAUTIFUL BLACK & RED CHECKERED "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, Early 20th Century. Decorated with deep red and black checkered design through out the rug and surrounded by a delicate thin grey inner border

0056: A BLACK & RED CHECKERED "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1900sEst. $1,800-$2,400Lot Passed

A BEAUTIFUL "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920s: A GEOMETRIC DESIGN "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920s. Decorated with multi colored 'Gau' patterns all over on black ground. This playful rug would be used both as a functional and as a decorative piece.

0057: A BEAUTIFUL "KHADEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920sEst. $1,400-$1,600Lot Passed

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A NINGXIA 5 CLAWED DRAGON RUG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY: AN EXQUISITE NINGXIA SQUARE RUG, QING DYNASTY, Late 18th/Early 19th Century. This magnificent rug features a central five clawed imperial dragon on a swastika patterned background and flower designs

0058: A NINGXIA 5 CLAWED DRAGON RUG, EARLY 19TH CENTURYEst. $1,600-$1,800

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A NINGXIA DRAGON RUG, 19TH CENTURY: A NINGXIA DRAGON RUG, QING DYNASTY, 19th Century. Featuring five imperial dragons on gold field flanked by mountains in eight cardinal directions. Surrounded by a waves and clouds border. 75cm x

0059: A NINGXIA DRAGON RUG, 19TH CENTURYEst. $1,600-$1,800Lot Passed

A FINE DRAGON & PHOENIX "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920s: A FINE "SHUDEN" RUG, Tibet, Early 20th Century. Decorated with a fierce dragon and phoenix flying among the clouds on brown field. The dragon is shown holding two flaming orbs in hands. 63.75cm x

0060: A FINE DRAGON & PHOENIX "SHUDEN" RUG, TIBET, 1920sEst. $1,800-$2,400Lot Passed

A "GYABNYE" RUG, TIBET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY: A GREEN "GYABNYE" CUSHION RUG, Tibet, 1920s. This beautiful rug features four petal flowers of different colors within framed lozenges, on green ground and surrounded by a neat red border. 66.25cm x

0061: A "GYABNYE" RUG, TIBET, EARLY 20TH CENTURYEst. $800-$1,000Lot Passed

A SUPERB "KHAGANGMA" RUG, TIBET, 1920s: A SUPERB "KHAGANGMA" MEDITATION RUG, Tibet, 1920s. This beautiful and regal rug features a blue central medallion on a beige ground, surrounded with two sets of endless knots on the borders and

0062: A SUPERB "KHAGANGMA" RUG, TIBET, 1920sEst. $1,600-$1,800Lot Passed

A SQUARE MEDITATION RUG, TIBET, 19TH CENTURY: A "KHAGANGMA" SITTING RUG, Tibet, Mid to Late 19th Century. Decorated with a central blue and white archaic style medallion surrounded by a rice border and a delightful T pattern outer border. 61.5cm

0063: A SQUARE MEDITATION RUG, TIBET, 19TH CENTURYEst. $1,200-$1,400Lot Passed

A MAROON LAMA'S "TSUDRUK" RUG, TIBET, 1900s: A MAROON LAMA'S "TSUDRUK" RUG, Tibet, early 20th century. This minimalistic rug has a very desirable thick and soft monk's robe red/maroon colored pile. This rug consists of four separate strips as

0064: A MAROON LAMA'S "TSUDRUK" RUG, TIBET, 1900sEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

A PAIR OF CHECKERED "KHADEN" RUGS, TIBET, 1900s: A PAIR OF CHECKERED "KHADEN" RUGS, Central Tibet, Late 19th/Early 20th Century. These rugs consist of an usually dense checker board design. The checkerboard rug was traditionally used as a

0065: A PAIR OF CHECKERED "KHADEN" RUGS, TIBET, 1900sEst. $3,000-$3,500Lot Passed

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AN EXQUISITE "KHADEN" RUG, Tibet, 1910s.: AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE "KHADEN" RUG, Tibet, early 20th century. Decorated with a magnificent upright dragon flying among clouds, with four skillfully drawn Snowlions in the four corners, all on

0066: AN EXQUISITE "KHADEN" RUG, Tibet, 1910s.Est. $7,000-$8,000

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A RARE TIGER SADDLE RUG, TIBET, 1930s: A RARE TIGER SADDLE RUG, TIBET, Early 20th Century. A beautiful and rare lower saddle rug depicting a pair of Indian tigers on dark blue ground, surrounded by a wide border depicting group of dragons

0067: A RARE TIGER SADDLE RUG, TIBET, 1930sEst. $2,400-$2,800Lot Passed

A NINGXIA RUG, 19TH CENTURY: A FINE NINGXIA RUG, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Decorated with repeating blue and yellow chrysanthemum flowers with a delicate narrow blue border. 60cm x 146.5cm.

0068: A NINGXIA RUG, 19TH CENTURYEst. $1,600-$1,800Lot Passed

A NINGXIA SQUARE RUG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY: A NINGXIA SQUARE RUG, Qing Dynasty, Early 19th Century. Decorated with a delicate chrysanthemum flower in the central medallion with a blue and gold double key scrolling border at the edge and a

0069: A NINGXIA SQUARE RUG, EARLY 19TH CENTURYEst. $1,400-$1,600Lot Passed

A SUBERB NINGXIA RUG, LATE 18TH CENTURY: A SUBERB NINGXIA RUG, Qing Dynasty, Late 18th Century. A stunning rug with blue interlocking pattern on a salmon background and stylised flowers within each setting. Scrolling swastika borders on

0070: A SUBERB NINGXIA RUG, LATE 18TH CENTURYEst. $2,200-$2,400Lot Passed

A GOLD GILDED DRAGON CHEST, TIBET, 17TH CENTURY: A MAGNIFICENT GOLD GILDED 'DRAGON' CHEST, Tibet, 17th Century or earlier. The chest is painted in gold on red ground. The central cartouche contains a gilded gesso work dragon with devious eyes

0071: A GOLD GILDED DRAGON CHEST, TIBET, 17TH CENTURYEst. $6,500-$8,500Lot Passed

A GOLD GILDED RED CHEST, TIBET, 17th CENTURY: A GOLD GILDED RED CHEST, Tibet, 17th Century. Painted in gold against red field, the central cartouche features a golden dragon. Surrounded by Sanskrit syllable. These chests were made through 15th

0072: A GOLD GILDED RED CHEST, TIBET, 17th CENTURYEst. $5,500-$6,500Lot Passed

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