Herrmann, Eberhart, Asiatische Teppich und Textilkunst, Band 3,  Munich, 1992, Cat. No. 23, pp.56-57.

1Overall measurements: 53cm across the top, 154cm across the bottom, 196cm along the left side, 197cm along the right. Soft lustrous wool. Generally even 5mm pile, with some areas down to knot heads, eg top left corner of main field and along central vertical orientation along lower half. Minor oxidisation affecting mushroom ground of main field and evident lower pile in the outer guards, visible from the photograph. The reverse of all four edges have strips of cotton banding attached for support. The outer guards of all sides have been covered with a brown cotton strip, again visible from image. Some small areas of re-piling, and tiny areas of darker wool visible from the main field as tiny specs, these are not surface marks. A beautiful classical Chinese rug with elegant drawing to central field.
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Related Literature

Eiland, Murray, Chinese and Exotic Rugs, London, 1979, The Rugs of China, pp.4-73;
König, Hans & Franses, Michael, Exhibition catalogue, Glanz der Himmelssöhne: Kaiserliche Teppiche aus China 1400 – 1750 (Splendours of Sons of Heaven: Classical Chinese Carpets 1400 – 1750), Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, 15 October 2005- 15 January 2006, Textile & Art Publications, London, 2005.  This was the first exhibition of Chinese carpets in Europe since the opening of the Musée Cernuschi, Paris, in 1911;
Franses, Michael, Classical Chinese Carpets in Western Collections - The Kangxi period, 1661-1722, , Exhibition Brochure, The Textile Gallery, London, 2002;
Tabibnia, M., & Marchesi, T. (ed), Intrecci Cinesi, Antica Arte tessile XV-XIX secolo, Moshe Tabibnia Gallery, Milan, 2011;
Spuhler, Friedrich, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Carpets and Textiles, London, 1998, Chinese Carpets, pp. 206-235