id:			121208
accession number:	1942.1083.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1083.1
updated:		2023-03-07 15:13:47.525000

Textile Ornament(?): Phoenix, c. 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Beaten gold with chased detail; overall: 12 x 10.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1083.1

title:				Textile Ornament(?): Phoenix
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creation date:			c. 700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		800
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	beaten gold with chased detail
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 12 x 10.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Early Chinese Gold and Silver
	opening date:   1971-10-21T04:00:00
	<i>Early Chinese Gold and Silver</i>. China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (October 21, 1971-January 30, 1972).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Henry Trubner, Arts of the Tang Dynasty (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1957), cat. 305<br>Paul Singer, Early Chinese Gold and Silver (China Institute in America, NY, 1971-72) cat. 52<br>Barbara A. Kathman, A Cleveland Bestiary, CMA Dept. of Art History and Education, Oct. 14-December 9, 1981), fig. 44<br>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, NY

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1942
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1942–
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wall description:
This phoenix bird made of thin gold foil has tiny holes all along its edges, suggesting that it was sewn onto a textile.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Von Spee, Clarissa. “Acquisitions 2018.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 62, no. 4 (December 2022): 14-16.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 16.
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