Asymmetric wool knots on a cotton foundation. The pink border and sand field merge into a single composition that ambiguously shifts between water and land, featuring a boat, rustic bridge, lakeshore pavilion on a rocky outcropping, and flowering branches growing from color-banded rocks. One branch suspends a musical stone. This ambiguity is one of the most intriguing aspects of Interwar Chinese Art Deco carpets, along with the imaginative use of space. A red sun peeks out from clouds in the top right corner. Thick, high-quality pile.