Textile Ornament(?): Phoenix
700–800
- Medium
- beaten gold with chased detail
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12 x 10.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
About
This phoenix bird made of thin gold foil has tiny holes all along its edges, suggesting that it was sewn onto a textile.