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Early Chinese Textiles CHINA’S BURIED PAST....................................................32 By Krishna Riboud Han D ynasty silk fragm ents recovered in 1913 b y the archaeologist SirAurel Stein a t Lou-lan in the Tarim Basin are compared with recent Chinese finds from nearby Lop-nor b y thefounder o f the A.Ed). 7 . 1 . , an internationally recognised authority on historic Chinese text des. Safavid Carpets SPLENDOURS IN THE CITY OF SILK P a r t 3: The Safavid M asterpieces................................. 42 Bv Ian Bennett Continuing the in-depth analysis o f the carpet collection a t the Musee Historique des Tissus, Lyon, our Contributing Editor discusses the remaining Persian Classical carpets, among them the ‘Portuguese', 'Polonaise' and

‘H eratT weavings.

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1 ,vp a r t o f our continuing series, Ian Bennett reviews collectable Persian Tribal and Ullage rugs on the market in the last decade.

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