Gold sheet ornament in the form of a phoenix, chased with fine surface detail
Textile Ornament(?): Phoenix, c. 700s. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.1083.2. CC0.

Pendant

Textile Ornament(?): Phoenix

Chinese name
金凤纹饰片
Pinyin
jin fengwen shipian
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
height 13.3 cm
Accession no.
1942.1083.2
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art

A sheet-gold phoenix ornament of the eighth century, companion to another plaque in the same collection. Its function is recorded by the museum as uncertain.

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