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.
Provenance
(Dr. Friedrich Spuhler, Berlin, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1994); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1994–)
Accession Number
1994.292
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.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
