Auspicious Carpets: A Tibetan View of Aesthetics

Fig. 10: Thigma
Bed carpet
60 x 104 cm.
All wool

An excellent example of one of the oldest and most common Tibetan designs. It derives from the tie-dye patterns in Tibetan pu'lo (purug) cloth, long in demand in China. Along with Figure 11 it has often been called a purely Tibetan creation, but in fact has been found in Silk Road textiles. Both were extensively copies in Paot'ou production for the Tibetan market in the nineteenth century.