| Unicorns, elves, leprechauns, phoenixes, griffins, and humans all existed very peacefully together on Earth, until evil was set loose. |
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| Some plaques are carved with dragons, phoenixes and flowers, some are even inlaid with pearls and jade. |
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| A sketchy design of phoenixes with flowers and foliage in red enamel fills the upper surface of the foot. |
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| In the south of the country, Leipzig and Dresden have emerged like phoenixes since the fall of the Wall. |
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| The material would make the building look grander, and this grandeur would make the phoenixes look even rougher and more realistic. |
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| The upper part of the belly is covered with plant motifs and six circular medallions with phoenixes. |
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| The four carved tiles directly below the hood depict pairs of magpies, phoenixes, mandarin ducks, and swallows, all symbols of harmonious matrimonial union. |
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| Manservants of the Warlord dressed in bright red, the color of life, carried a scarlet sedan chair draped in crimson silk and embroidered with designs of phoenixes. |
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| Around the base of the neck are roundels featuring phoenixes in heraldic poses which alternate with striding griffins. |
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| The underside decoration includes typical motifs, such as phoenixes in flight and peonies, peculiar to Mamluk metalwork, revealing the influence of Far Eastern naturalism tempered by its Iranian background. |
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| This painting represents a pair of phoenixes. |
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| It echoes the symbolic designs of imperial dragon robes, with dragons, birds and phoenixes floating in the air above borders of stripes and flowers. |
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| I spent an afternoon with Xu recently, as he was overseeing the installation of a giant new project: a pair of steel phoenixes fashioned from abandoned construction materials, hoisted up on cranes in the center of Beijing. |
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| Sandbrook was in Birmingham recalling the accession of Black Sabbath, rising like tattooed phoenixes from the ashes of the dwindling manufacturing industry to send the heavy metal movement crashing around the world. |
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| The wide diversity of patterns reflects a variety of influences, ranging from Arabic calligraphy, European bouquets and Chinese phoenixes to Japanese cherry blossoms and Indian or Persian peacocks. |
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