The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Textile Ornament(?): Phoenix
c. 700s
Location: not on view
Description
This phoenix bird made of thin gold foil has tiny holes all along its edges, suggesting that it was sewn onto a textile.- ?–1942(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1942–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Von Spee, Clarissa. “Acquisitions 2018.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 62, no. 4 (December 2022): 14-16. Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 16.
- 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, NYBarbara 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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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.1083.1