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Belthook in the form of a phoenix
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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19th century (1801 - 1900)
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)
- Material and technique
- jade, with incised and carved decoration
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 11.5 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.22
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. J7
Glossary
phoenix
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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
Made of opaque off-white jade with darker greyish-brown areas, the piece is carved as a phoenix, the head forming the hook and the body simplified to an elongated curved form. A flat circular button for adjusting the belt protrudes on the underside. The head is depicted with a pointed beak, the eyes and other details deeply engraved, the crest carved in relief. Thin lines are indicating plumage on both sides and underneath, the neck shows short overlapping feathers, the folded wings and the tail long ones. Two dots are incised at the end, and the button underenath is decorated with a flower-head with spiralling petals.
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