Intricate Rose Canton Sugar Bowl featuring symbols of birds, butterflies, peonies, and bamboo. A gold rim with Greek key surround further elaborate this detailed pattern on the sugar bowl rim and lid. The depiction of bamboo is significant as the bamboo plant is a symbol of beauty and virtue, and represents some of the most traditional of Chinese values. Rose Canton porcelain is recognized by its lack of people in the design in the branches of the Famille Rose family of porcelains.