Cover design of Unfinished Tales

[Khîm]

Hi,
I have a copy of the 2014 Harper Collins paperback edition of Unfinished Tales, which has a kind of stylized flower design on the cover (see attachment). This design has been used since the 6th impression of the 1998 Harper Collins paperback edition.
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=64360 claims that the cover is "based on artwork by J.R.R. Tolkien". Does anyone know what the design is supposed to represent, if anything?
Thanks in advance,
Khîm

Anyone?? How about where the artwork came from?

 

[Starbrow]

It is in the same style as Tolkien's other artwork. But I couldn't find a picture of it in any of my limited number of books.

 

[octoburn]

http://www.tolkien.spb.ru/tolkienart/188.jpg

I found it in a book entitled "J.R.R. Tolkien: Author and illustrator"

Highly recommend it, as there are literally 200 drawings by Tolkien contained in it, ranging from 1904 (earliest I could find) to post LOTR.