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Source 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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157440
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Brocade with Soaring Phoenixes among Clouds
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157440
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Brocade with Soaring Phoenixes among Clouds
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.
date
1100s–1200s
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en
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Q60820018
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Textile
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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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China, Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
accession
1994.292
Source extras
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Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded
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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
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Textiles
didYouKnow
Textiles like this, which were probably exported from China to Iran, helped transmit the phoenix motif into Ilkhanid decorative arts.
citations
citation
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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 31, pp. 118-119
citation
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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 180, p. 282, fig. 207, p. 177
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-06-18 15:02:38.524000
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157440
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk and gold thread; tabby, brocaded
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