Phoenix Flight Pendant
A contemporary piece in 18k yellow gold and Enamel, begun from the Sui and Tang Dynasties Pendant in our atlas.
$420
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Materials
18k yellow gold · Enamel
The idea
From a Tang gold phoenix ornament once sewn to silk, a lightweight phoenix brooch in raised gold and enamel.
Not a reproduction
The inspiration is a Tang beaten-gold phoenix sheet (jin feng shi pian), a court emblem. This brooch is cast 18k gold with enamel fill — a new object in the spirit of the motif, not a reproduction.
Where it begins
Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes
A pair of sheet-gold ornaments cut and chased with confronting phoenixes, excavated in China and dated to the eighth century. Sheet-gold work of this thinness was typically applied to textile or leather rather than worn directly against the body, which is why the museum records the function as uncertain.
