What is the classification of decorative patterns of the Warring States lacquerware?

The decorative patterns of the Warring States lacquer ware are made of a wide range of materials, which can be divided into four categories: (1) depicting the real life of the society, such as carriages, horses, hunting, songs and dances, banquets and music, and buildings. (2) the performance of mythological themes, there are gods and goddesses or half-human, half-animal, cloud dragon pattern. (3) Following the traditional bronze motifs, there are dragon and phoenix, deformed bird motifs, deformed kui dragons and so on. (4) Child He pattern, there are cloud gas pattern, cloud thunder pattern, rhombus pattern, triangular pattern, folding line, string line and so on. Animal-type vessels are mostly combined with carving and painting. Pattern organization is flexible and regular, suitable for patterns have rotating, scattered patterns. Two-square continuous pattern has repeated, alternating, interspersed and so on. Four-square continuous pattern is mostly irregular cloud pattern. Often use the contrast of red and black to form a double composition, rich in bright rhythm, simple and plain to show the effect of colorful.