A traditional style scroll with the character “禅“ (pr. chán) Zen embroidered on it.
A xun 埙, is a classic terracotta wind instrument.
This dragon character is an abstraction of the classical character, 龍 (pr. lóng). You can see other examples here.
The lotus shoe used by women with bound feet. The feet are called Golden Lotus, referred to as the “Three ‘thumb’ Golden Lotus” 三寸金莲 in Chinese. Three thumb lengths was considered the perfect size for the foot. This was a practice that eluded to high…