The warp and woof in this rug, and answers requirements of this type of Ming product demands, and are crudely prepared. In both field and border a soft dull yellow tone prevails. Scattered over the field and occupying its entire surface, with the exception of the square central reserve measuring about 4x4 feet, is a repetitive design consisting of wavy dark brown lines.
While not resembling tiger skin absolutely, this design bears that name. The central reserve, formed on the yellow ground by outlined bands of light and dark blue, is filled with crude and elemental designs, copied from the first or early period in the historic ornament of China.
There are vases, copies of bronzes, receptacles for sacred fruits, objects and utensils of significance and several crudely drawn mythical monsters. The design in the border of the rug is of a most simple nature of geometric form.
Sapphire and sky blue, tan, rich gold color, fruit red and corrosive brown are the colors found in this rug and others of the same period. These colors vary in tone, the earlier rugs having faded to softer shades or having been originally dyed in lower key.
The robin's egg blue found in the oldest rugs of this style is of great beauty.
