id:			156118
accession number:	1991.5
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.5
updated:		2024-04-10 11:01:07.436000

Makaras, Phoenixes and Flowers, 1200s. Central Asia or Daidu, 13th century. Lampas, silk and gold thread; overall: 51.3 x 75.6 cm (20 3/16 x 29 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.5

title:				Makaras, Phoenixes and Flowers
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central Asia or Daidu, 13th century
technique:	lampas, silk and gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 51.3 x 75.6 cm (20 3/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

	title:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wardwell, Anne E. "Two Silk and Gold Textiles of the Early Mongol Period." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 10 (1992): 354-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned & Reproduced: p. 372-73
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161379

	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 329; Mentioned: p. 329-32, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Cat. no. 41, p. 153
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	Hollberg, Cecilie. Textiles and Wealth in 14th Century Florence: Wool, Silk, Painting. Firenze: Giunti, 2017.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 180
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	Müller, Kathrin. <em>Musterhaft naturgetreu: Tiere in Seiden, Zeichnungen und Tapisserien des 14. und 15.</em> <em>Jahrhunderts.</em> Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2020.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 48, abb. 11
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