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Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes

c. 700s

Part of a set. See all set records

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.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1083

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not on view

Description

These two phoenix birds made of thin gold foil have tiny holes all along its edges, suggesting that they were sewn on textiles.

Provenance

?–1942

(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1942–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: p. 49; Mentioned: p. 64, p. 62

Exhibition history

Henry Trubner, Arts of the Tang Dynasty (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1957), cat. 305

Paul Singer, Early Chinese Gold and Silver (China Institute in America, NY, 1971-72) cat. 52

Barbara A. Kathman, A Cleveland Bestiary, CMA Dept. of Art History and Education, Oct. 14-December 9, 1981), fig. 44

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

Early Chinese Gold and Silver. China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (October 21, 1971-January 30, 1972).

A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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