Bracelet with Patterns of Phoenix and Peony Blossoms Picture 1

This unique handmade bracelet was designed to convey the elegance and simplicity of hand-crafted accessories based on the decorous shape, coupled with the embellishment featuring phoenix flying around peony blossoms . The combination of phoenix and peony flowers, the former seen as the king of birds while the latter king of flowers in traditional Chinese culture, has been a fixed auspicious pattern group, symbolizing beauty, brightness and happiness. Accessories with motifs of phoenix and peony blossoms were popular choices among high-ranking officials or wealthy businessman as part of the dowry to their daughters or as gifts for noble ladies in ancient China.