Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes
700–799
- 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.)
- Genre
- metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
About
These two phoenix birds made of thin gold foil have tiny holes all along their edges, suggesting that they were sewn on textiles.