The Eight Treasures (Chinese: 八寶; pinyin: Bābǎo) are popular symbols in Chinese art.
While technically they may be any subset of the much longer list of the Hundred Treasures, there is a combination that is most popular.
- the wish-granting pearl (寳珠, bǎozhū) or flaming pearl
- the double lozenges (方勝, "fāngshèng")
- the stone chime (磬, "qìng")
- the pair of rhinoceros horns (犀角, xījiǎo)
- the double coins (雙錢, shuāngqián)
- the gold or silver ingot (錠, dìng)
- coral (珊瑚, shānhú)
- wish-granting scepter (如意, rúyì)
References
Eight Treasures Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA