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Traditional
Modern
TRADITIONAL
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Start with looking like an actual lock
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Transition to different shapes, like the prosperity clouds, lotus flower, fish, depending on their myth and blessings
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Carved with prosperous text and figures
Size
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width : 4 - 8 cm
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lenght : 3 - 14cm
Material use
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Silver, jade, then transition to gold
​MODERN
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More organic with shapes and open to more symbolised figures
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Open to Chinese zodiac
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More lightweight and portable
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A lot more flat
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width : 1- 3 cm
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lenght : 1- 3cm
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weight: 1 gram
Size
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Gold based sometimes coated in platinum
Material use
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