GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This figure of a phoenix is a rare example of an okimono in silver. Okimono are small, free standing decorative objects created for display in home altars (butsudan) or alcoves (tokonoma) of Japanese style homes. In the Meiji period many were made for export to the West.
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"Phoenix" in Dragon King and the Sea, Oliver Impey and Malcom Fairley (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1991), 36-37.
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n.d.-1993: M. Frances and John R. Young, Dallas, Texas
1993: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, The John R, Young Collection, gift of M. Frances and John R. Young [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's colelction. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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General Description
This figure of a phoenix is a rare example of an okimono in silver. Okimono are small, free standing decorative objects created for display in home altars (butsudan) or alcoves (tokonoma) of Japanese style homes. In the Meiji period many were made for export to the West.
Drawn from
"Phoenix" in Dragon King and the Sea, Oliver Impey and Malcom Fairley (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1991), 36-37.
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Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Function
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.-1993: M. Frances and John R. Young, Dallas, Texas
1993: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, The John R, Young Collection, gift of M. Frances and John R. Young [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's colelction. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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