The Golden Nocturne: Antique Chinese Art Deco Masterpiece of Celestial Elegance

78978 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 02'07 x 04'10. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a captivating blend of simplicity, elegance, and symbolic artistry, drawing ...

77452 Rare Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'11 x 11'06. Like a moonlit garden glimpsed through twilight, this hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug unfurls with dreamlike elegance and profound symbolic depth. Its celestial navy field glows like an endless night sky, setting the stage for a lyrical interplay of blossoms and birds drifting in graceful harmony. A rich red inner border adds warmth and contrast, embracing the nocturne tableau, while the overall asymmetrical yet balanced composition reflects the golden age of Shanghai Art Deco in the 1920s and 1930s, where classical Chinese motifs converged with the bold palettes and refined modernist lines of the era. From corner to corner, signature blossoms bloom in exquisite profusion, each carrying timeless meaning. Plum blossoms, peonies, lotuses, and chrysanthemums — the revered Four Gentlemen — unfold as symbols of the seasons and of human virtues: resilience, honor, purity, and longevity. The plum blossom’s delicate blooms rise defiantly in winter; the peony bursts forth in spring with opulent promise of wealth; the lotus lifts itself unsullied from summer waters; and the chrysanthemum radiates autumn’s golden serenity. Interspersed among them, vines and berries weave arabesques across the surface, suggesting both divine order and organic freedom, a duality at the heart of Chinese art. At the crown, a luminous lantern descends, radiating festivity and guiding light. Across the field, songbirds flit with wings outstretched, symbols of transcendence and spiritual freedom. Along the lower border, a pair of mandarin ducks rests among reeds and water lilies — eternal emblems of fidelity and marital harmony. These painterly creatures, poised in mid-flight or repose, are not mere decoration but custodians of deeper meaning, enriching this exquisite work of art with layers of cultural resonance and quiet storytelling. The taupe outer border completes the exclusive masterpiece, scattered with blossoms and sprigs, its softened tones evoking a garden wall kissed with ivy...

31344 New Modern Chinese Art Deco Rug, 09'00 x 12'02. A rare symphony of East and West, this hand-knotted wool Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug stands as a paragon of cultural refineme...

31319 Modern Chinese Art Deco Pictorial Rug, 09'09 x 12'11. Modern Chinese Art Deco pictorial rugs made in India are contemporary adaptations of early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco d...

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with myriad auspicious imagery including five bats, a phoenix, fish, a scholar's vase, and various flowers, all symbols of prosper...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 4' 0" x 6' 8", presents an enchanting pictorial composition inspired by traditional Chinese landscape art. The soft gray field i...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug featuring a gold field surrounded by a wide gray border, and all overlaid with vases potted with violet and light and dark indigo ...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug depicting a scholar's garden landscape including a pavilion on one side of a pond, and scholar amidst several scholar's rocks on ...