About 60 results for ‘Phoenix (mythology)’
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Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix, or phenix, is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indians and Phoenicians. It is described as a bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet . It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (literally "sun-city" in Greek). It is said that the bird's cry is that of a beautiful song. The Phoenix's ability to be reborn from its own ashes implies that it is immortal, though in some stories the new Phoenix is merely the offspring of the older one. In very few stories they are able to change into people.
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LE CONCERT DANS L'OEUF
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alchemy
- Anapsid
- Bar (establishment)
- Egg (food)
- Fish
- Hand
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Designation:
- plat (creux, rond) | famille rose ; décor au phénix
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- Portrayed subject:
- Buddhism
- Domestic worker
- Fence
- Peony
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Symbol
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
- Decorative arts
- East Asia
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- Designation:
- potiche (à couvercle, paire, élément) | famille bleu et blanc
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dragon
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- soupière (à couvercle, paire, élément)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- soupière (à couvercle, ovale) | famille rose
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Vase
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- présentoir (ovale) ; soupière ; élément d'ensemble | famille rose
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Vase
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Décor de paulownia
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- Field(s):
- East Asia
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Paulownia
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Décor de dragon
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- East Asia
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- Portrayed subject:
- Camellia
- Dragon
- Paulownia
- Peony
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Décor de paysage
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- Field(s):
- East Asia
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cloud
- Flower
- Landscape
- Mountain
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- plat (rond) | décor à la double corne
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cornucopia
- Insect
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Field(s):
- Faleristics
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- Designation:
- insigne maçonnique ; cordon
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- Portrayed subject:
- Calvary
- Compass (drafting)
- Freemasonry
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Sword
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- assiette (ronde) | décor au phénix ; palette cachemire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Lepidoptera
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Plant stem
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- potiche (octogonale) ; élément d'ensemble | décor au phénix ; décor au rocher percé , palette cachemire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Peony
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- vase-bouteille ; élément d'ensemble | décor au phénix ; décor au rocher percé ; palette cachemire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Peony
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Symbol
- Taoism
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- vase | décor au phénix
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- Portrayed subject:
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- potiche (octogonale) ; élément d'ensemble | forme balustre ; décor au phénix ; palette cachemire
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Phoenix (mythology)
- River
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- plat (creux, octogonal, historié) | décor au Chinois
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fence
- Flag
- Flower
- Lepidoptera
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Plant stem
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Dragon enserrant un brûle-parfum sphérique à décor de phé...
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- East Asia
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dragon
- Phoenix (mythology)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- saladier (historié) | décor maçonnique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Column
- Freemasonry
- Moon
- Phoenix (mythology)
- Star
- Sun
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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Phénix
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Bird
- Flower
- Leaf
- Phoenix (mythology)
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