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Brocade with Soaring Phoenixes among Clouds
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBrocade 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
