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Fig. 6. Chi-hsiang Chieh (Good Luck Knot)

Shuang-lien Chieh (Connection Knot, Fig. 5): the back of the
sash on a san-ts'ai (three-color) pottery figurine of a T'ang palace
maid. A Wan-tzu Chieh is also featured on the sash.
Chi-hsiang Chieh (Good Luck Knot, Fig. 6): the sash on a
Tang carving of the Buddhist deity Kuan-yin.
Shih-tzu Chieh (Cross Knot, Fig. 7): the holder on a T'ang or
T'ang- style belt now in the collection of the Shoso-in in Nara-shi,
Japan [5].