Title

Round silver box with two incised phoenixes, Yuan dynasty, China, 1279-1368. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Round silver box with two incised phoenixes, Yuan dynasty, China, 1279-1368. A circular beaten silver covered box. The lid has incised decoration of two confronting phoenixes - one with a multiple streamered tail and one with two streamers with clobbered scrolls.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1279

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B74_116

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (541,7Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2835 x 2217 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asian Asia ORIENTAL arts country round metal LID China art Chinese box continent color colour open decoration location circular century precious metal artefact dynasty Phoenix mythology artifact mythical creature 14th century Fourteenth Century Thirteenth Century incised 13th century Museum of East Asian Art mythical beast Yuan dynasty object Unknown silver silver object