What are the plant patterns of painted pottery?

Plant patterns refer to patterns that imitate plant morphology. There are mainly leaf grain, petal grain, tree grain and grain. The pottery unearthed from Hemudu culture is decorated with four leaves and branches and leaves, which is vivid, indicating that our ancestors are familiar with plant images. There are few plant lines on Banpo painted pottery, and only two cases similar to wheat ears or branches are seen on the fragments, which are natural growth of plants. The plant patterns on Miaodigou painted pottery have spiral patterns similar to those of rolled petals, which usually surround the body in a two-way continuous form, and there are also leaf patterns. The plant patterns on Dawenkou cultural pottery are like leaves, rice and petals.