The design of this sitting mat from the oasis of Khotan in East Turkestan is closely related to a larger rug published by Schürmann, which shows the same motif in a design of two compartments. – Many rewoven sections in the pile, restored ends, new overcasting along the sides. Origin: Central Asia, East Turkestan Dimensions: 92 x 87 cm

A Khotan Coffered Gul Carpet - Late Eighteenth Century, N.W. China Size 6'3". x 3'3"

A Five square monastery meditation runner, made to be placed along a bench for the comfort of meditating months, mid 19th Century, the medallions with Khotan style Guls in a beautiful green on a red field. 24" x 105"

A Ningxia Pillar Rug, China, Early 19 C. A beautiful Ningxia Dragon Pillar rug from the early Nineteenth Century. The condition is excellent with full pile. Dimensions: 246 x 92cm Provenance: Private Australian Collection

A 19th Century Ningxia Lion Dog Seating Mat, China Dimensions: 65 x 70 cm (2ft. 2in. X 2ft. 4in.).

A Ningxia Maze Medallion Seat Mat, 18th Century Provenance: Koos de Jong collection Dimensions: approx. 70 x 65 cm, good condition

Pair of butterfly Ningxia Squares , China, 19th century, wool on cotton, a very unusual pair of joined meditation squares cut from a temple runner. Provenance: Koos de Jong Collection. Dimensions: approx. 110 x 48 cm

Ningxia Mirror Back Rug with diaper ground and floral scrolling foliate borders, Mid 18th Century Dimensions: 4'5"l, 2'4"w Provenance: The Francisco G. Zarate Collection of Oriental Rugs (Note: I sold this rug to Francisco in the late 90's, such a beautiful piece I was glad to buy it back from his estate)

Ningxia 2 Qianlong Squares 124 x 65 cm (4’ 1” x 2’ 2”)Condition: good, scattered low pile, upper end restored, bottom end slightly frayed, early 19th century Warp: cotton, weft: cotton, pile: wool Provenance: Alfred Ruppenstein, Munich

Yellow Ningxia 'Throne-Seat Cover' (Peonies Design) 'Qing-Dynasty', West China, 19th century, wool/cotton, approx. 60 x 58 cm

Tibetan Wangden Drumtze 'Meditations Rug', Tibet, Early 19th century or before, wool/wool, rare meditation rug with checker-board pattern on green ground, approx. 90 x 90 cm, Provenance: from the collection of Dr. Koos de Jong

Antique Tibetan Rug, Tibet, circa 1900, with a later applied cloth backing: 2'9'' x 4'10'' (84 x 147 cm)

Tibetan 3 Medallion Sleeping Rug, Tibet, 19th C. Red field Khaden with 'frog foot' field motif and pearl. Linked swastika borders. Size: 2'4'' x 4'2'' (71 x 127 cm). Provenance: Bill Liske Collection

Tibetan 3 Medallion Rug, Tibet, 19th C. Deep indigo blue khaden with red medallions and corner treatments. White 'frog foot' field motifs. Size: 2'3'' x 4'3'' (69 x 130 cm). Provenance: Bill Liske Collection

Tibetan Medallion Sleeping Rug, Tibet, 19th C. 3 bracketed medallions on small red field khaden. Possibly made for monastic use with hand loomed flat weave red wool covered felt attached borders. Size: 2'4'' x 3'9'' (71 x 114 cm). Provenance: Bill Liske Collection

Turkmenistan Tekke Bokhara Trible Rug, Before 1910, approximately 6' x 4', all wool hand knotted and flat weave like kilim, beautiful tiny Tekke Bokhara designs throughout the entire rug, the tiny knots are so fine and exact, back side is almost like front, all 4 side edges are in good condition, no worn spots anywhere and very clean.

Old Persian 100% Wool hand knotted long Caucasian Runner, 1920, 15' 6" long, 3' 2" wide, soft thick camel hair color wool pile with Caucasian design. The condition is good, even pile, very clean, out of house in Washington DC area, ready to put down inside any nice home.

Persian Sarouk Wool hand knotted large size Carpet, Ca. 1910, 10 1/2' x 15', very small hand knots for large carpet with dark blue and dark maroon reddish colors mainly, very rich and deep colors of floral and vines spread out on the soft wool surface which is evenly worn over the years. Two(2) shaped panels design on both ends and bordered by beautiful soft colors of typical Sarouk small patterns...