Mongolian Pile Rug with Tiger Motif

A gray-green beast crouches under swirling clouds against a midnight field

This pile rug with tiger motif is from Mongolia, and is contemporary. It is wool. Tibetan rugs served many roles, from floor coverings, wall hangings and saddle rugs to adornments for monastery pillars and doorways, and the craft itself has existed for at least a thousand years. A tall dark navy rug with a pale gray-green animal crouched on rocky ground, spotted along the body. Stylized blue-gray clouds spiral above it with a small orange sun disc. The pile is slightly worn.

It looks content below the clouds, and the dark has no say.