Small, scenic pieces like this aren't always coming around, so when they do, you stop and stare for a minute. This tiny square mat is an antique Chinese pictorial rug, and it is so much more than a mat. At the center, a circular medallion frames a classic shan shui scene: mountains, water, pavilions, trees…all the elements of traditional Chinese landscape art, rendered in wool, knot by knot. Shan shui, literally "mountain water", is one of the oldest traditions in Chinese art, meant to capture the harmony between people and nature. The idea that we are small, and the world is vast, and that's actually okay.
The palette showcases pink, baby blue, chestnut, indigo, sage green, warm taupe, soft and deeply considered in the way only naturally dyed wool can be. Vegetable dyes, antique age, and a luxurious pile that somehow still feels amazing. You press your hand in and you feel the quality immediately.
At 1'6 x 1'6 this is a collector's piece, and extended at value, for someone to love and cherish it. A hearth mat, a display piece, a meditation corner anchor, a gift for someone who actually knows things. Frame it if you want to or hang it as wall art.
A custom cut rug pad on the house will ship with this gem to keep it nice and snug.
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The Rug Rundown...
the wool...the weave...the wear
Size: 1'6 x 1'6 square
Material: Vegetable Dyed Wool
Construction: Hand knotted, low, full & healthy pile
Origin: Art Deco Chinese
Age: Antique, circa 1920s
Design: Pictorial
Condition: Excellent
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