Title

Jade oval seal with phoenix finial, Tang dynasty-Northern Song dynasty, China, 9th-11th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jade oval seal with phoenix finial, Tang dynasty-Northern Song dynasty, China, 9th-11th century. An oval seal of yellowish jade with brown suffusions topped with a phoenix with biforcated tail hanging over the edge of the seal. The neck and parrot-like beaked head are curled back on the body. The seal has a concave section on the shoulder, all round fine incised details.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

800th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_467

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (385,2Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2829 x 2213 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal arts bird birds country China art Chinese seal color colour ming location century artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty Phoenix mythology artifact 17th century 10th Century tenth century mythical creature Tang Dynasty 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art 11th century 9th century finial mythical beast Northern Song Song Dynasty object Eleventh Century Unknown jade jade object