Decorations of Pottery

Abstract

Decorations can often be seen in Liangzhu pottery in addition to basic shapes. Some pottery artifacts were decorated in many ways, simultaneously having string patterns, openwork designs and even engraved patterns in some cases. These decorations have both beautification effects and practical functions and endow vessels with distinctive characteristics which distinctly show that Liangzhu craftsmen tried to enhance the appearance and function of pottery on the basis of fixed productive processes. Meanwhile, details of concave string patterns, convex string patterns, appliqued designs, openwork designs, engraved designs, pricked designs and painted patterns are unfolded within this chapter.