Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes
c. 700s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes, c. 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Beaten gold with chased detail; part 1: 12 x 10.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.); part 2: 13.3 x 10.7 cm (5 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1083
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- beaten gold with chased detail
- Dimensions
- Part 1: 12 x 10.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.); Part 2: 13.3 x 10.7 cm (5 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.1083
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Early Chinese Gold and Silver, A Cleveland Bestiary, China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail, Henry Trubner, Arts of the Tang Dynasty (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1957), cat. 305<br>Paul Singer, Early Chinese Gold and Silver (China Institute in America, NY, 1971-72) cat. 52<br>Barbara A. Kathman, A Cleveland Bestiary, CMA Dept. of Art History and Education, Oct. 14-December 9, 1981), fig. 44<br>Dayton Art Institute, "Chinese Gold and Silver from the Tang Dynasty from American Collections," Showings: 11/3/1984-1/6/1985, Dayton; 2/5/1985-4/21/1985, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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