id:			157440
accession number:	1994.292
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Brocade with Soaring Phoenixes among Clouds, 1100s–1200s. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded; overall: 56.2 x 62.2 cm (22 1/8 x 24 1/2 in.); mounted: 69.5 x 74 cm (27 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.292

title:				Brocade with Soaring Phoenixes among Clouds
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creation date:			1100s–1200s
creation date earliest:		1115
creation date latest:		1234
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
technique:	Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 56.2 x 62.2 cm (22 1/8 x 24 1/2 in.); Mounted: 69.5 x 74 cm (27 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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 Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

	title:		The Legacy of Genghis Khan:  Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353
	opening date:   2002-10-28T00:00:00
	<i>The Legacy of Genghis Khan:  Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 28, 2002-February 16, 2003); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 13-July 27, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Friedrich Spuhler, Berlin, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1994
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1994–
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fun fact:
Textiles like this, which were probably exported from China to Iran, helped transmit the phoenix motif into Ilkhanid decorative arts.

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wall description:
The gold-brocaded designs of Jin brocades, such as this example with graceful phoenixes soaring into clouds, are typically asymmetrical. Moreover, they have no frame or border, and appear to have been cut out of larger decorative images.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 31, pp. 118-119
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	Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni. <em>The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven, CT: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2002.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 180, p. 282, fig. 207, p. 177
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