This jade ring is in the shape of a round piece with an opening on one side. Simple feather patterns are used on both sides to abstractly represent the phoenix totem. The overall shape is simple, and only the combination of lines is used to summarize the whole body of the bird. There are not many details in the whole, and only the changes in thickness, width and narrowness can show the vivid and complete form of the phoenix. All lines reflect the typical Western Zhou one-sided slope carving technique, and the lines are chic and smooth without any drag.
In oracle bone script, wind and phoenix have the same shape, indicating that the bird god is the wind god. Since wind moves in an arc or spiral shape, the phoenix bird coiled on the jade ring is an imitation of wind.
The jade ring is stained with a mottled brownish red color. The stain is very coincidental, which corresponds to the auspicious meaning of the phoenix being reborn from the ashes.
