The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes
c. 700s
(618-907)
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
Location: 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.- ?–1942(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1942–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: p. 49; Mentioned: p. 64, p. 62
- China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).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, NYA Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).Barbara A. Kathman, A Cleveland Bestiary, CMA Dept. of Art History and Education, Oct. 14-December 9, 1981), fig. 44Early Chinese Gold and Silver. China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (October 21, 1971-January 30, 1972).Paul Singer, Early Chinese Gold and Silver (China Institute in America, NY, 1971-72) cat. 52Henry Trubner, Arts of the Tang Dynasty (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1957), cat. 305
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