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Emerald. From The Precious Stones Series. 1900. Color lithograph. 67.2 x 30 cm. Back to Alphonse Mucha's Page. Alphonse Mucha. Morning Awakening. From The Times of the Day Series. Alphonse Mucha.
Morning Awakening. From The Times of the Day Series. 1899. Alphonse Mucha. Poetry. From The Arts Series. Alphonse Mucha.
Poetry. From The Arts Series. 1898. Color lithograph. 60 x 38 cm. Back to Alphonse Mucha's Page. Drawings by Artist William Sultzaberger. Peony Tattoo Meaning. With its large and spreading red petals, which are delicately curled at the edges, the peony has been called in Europe “the rose without thorns” and has been used at times as a way to refer to the Virgin Mary.
But even from the time of the ancient Greeks, it has been associated with many positive folk medicine cures in the western world, treating ailments that range from asthma to epilepsy and even keeping evil spirits away. Although often depicted in tattoo imagery in deep red, it is today also cultivated in white, varying shades of red, and even yellow. But the principal association in tattoo work is not western but rather eastern, where flowers take on a distinctly different set of meanings. Peony tattoo design by Greg James.