What are the main plant patterns in the decoration of Chinese painted pottery?

Among the patterns of Chinese painted pottery, plant patterns refer to patterns that imitate plant forms.

There are mainly leaf patterns, petal patterns, tree patterns, grain patterns, etc.

The pottery unearthed from the Hemudu Culture is decorated with quatrefoil and branch-leaf patterns, both of which are relatively realistic, indicating that the ancestors were familiar with plant images.

There are relatively few plant patterns on the half-slope type painted pottery, and only two examples on the fragments resemble wheat ears or branches, representing the natural growth of plants.

The plant patterns on the trench-shaped painted pottery at the bottom of the temple include convolvulus patterns similar to the patterns of curling petals. They usually surround the body of the pot in a continuous form of two sides, and there are also leaf-like patterns.

Some of the plant patterns on Dawenkou Culture pottery are like leaves, some are like rice, and some are like petals.