
Cleveland Museum of Art
Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes
- Date
- c. 700s
- Medium
- beaten gold with chased detail
- Culture
- China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
These two phoenix birds made of thin gold foil have tiny holes all along their edges, suggesting that they were sewn on textiles.
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