Peony motif detail
Motif archive · Floral

Peony

牡丹

Prosperity, abundance, beauty and flourishing life.

Peony is one of the most persistent auspicious flowers across Chinese decorative culture and appears repeatedly in printed and woven household textiles.

Interpretation status: Widely established cultural association. Meanings are catalogued with their level of certainty rather than treated as universal maker statements.
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6 documented textile records currently connected to this motif.