Brocade with Soaring Phoenixes among Clouds
1100s–1200s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
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 Textiles like this, which were probably exported from China to Iran, helped transmit the phoenix motif into Ilkhanid decorative arts.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1994.292
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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