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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9744822, member: 2844"]I don't know the term, but in Indian art the arch represents the celestial world, and the plant represents the terrestrial world.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also plant and tree symbolism of course, and there is the divine Kalpavriksha tree, which fulfils wishes. A vase with a plant or flowers is similar to the European cornucopia. All of these can go together with an arch, to represent the unity between two worlds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9744822, member: 2844"]I don't know the term, but in Indian art the arch represents the celestial world, and the plant represents the terrestrial world. There is also plant and tree symbolism of course, and there is the divine Kalpavriksha tree, which fulfils wishes. A vase with a plant or flowers is similar to the European cornucopia. All of these can go together with an arch, to represent the unity between two worlds.[/QUOTE]
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