Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes
Cleveland Museum of Art

Textile Ornaments(?): Pair of Phoenixes

c. 700s

beaten gold with chased detail
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

These two phoenix birds made of thin gold foil have tiny holes all along their edges, suggesting that they were sewn on textiles.

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