A truly magnificent antique Ningxia Chinese rug with a geometric ''Sayagata'' or Key-Fret design in the main field, woven with a faded golden/yellow background.  The pale blues and deep indigo blues are remarkable and add to this exceptional rugs quality and design.  Most key-fret designs are slanting and go diagonal across the rug, through extensive research I have not found another rug from Ningxia with a straight ''Sayagata'' design.The condition is exceptional too, the fine wool pile is very high all over this rug and it has no restoration.  I would say it is very much near perfect in condition.  The design is quite contemporary in many ways and could work in a modern interior as well as around antiques. A rare and interesting rug which is extremely collectable.Some history about Ningxia rugs: They are woven in virtually in any format, large square ‘throne’ carpets, long and narrow kang carpets, pillar rugs, saddle rugs, chair seats and backs and monastery meditation hall r...