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Cloverleaf Knot 31 Creative Chinese Knotting Designs 115
Pan Chang Knot 49 CONCEIVING A DESIGN 116
Round Brocade knot 58 Real and Imaginary Creatures 118

Constellation Knot 65 Flowers and People 130
Good Luck Knot 81 Painting Chinese Knots 133
Buddha Knot 95 Plafond Designs 136
Double Connection Knot 98 Jewelry and Ornaments 148

Plafond Knot 102
Double Coin Knot 106
Button Knot 112

HAN DYNASTY (206 BCE–CE 220) NORTHERN ZHOU PERIOD (CE 557–588)

Button knot
Flat knot

Prototype of the good luck
knot.

Good luck knot on a statue
of Kuan Yin, the Goddess
of Mercy, from cave 55,
Maiji Caves,Tianshui,
Flat knot on the top of a jade pendant. Photo
Gansu Province.
courtesy Palace Museum,Taipei. Button knot on a rubbing taken off a stone carv-
ing from an ancient tomb in Shandong Province.