Two major motifs on the Miaodigou type painted pottery are the petal pattern and the convoluted,connected pattern,both of which are plant patterns.The petal pattern mainly mimics the plane shape of blooming flowers,with the realistic background patterns as the main composition.The convoluted,connected pattern mainly depicts the sideways silhouette of twining corollas of plants,and its composition mostly involves abstract,freehand colour patterns.In quite a long time,both motifs and two kinds of composition coexisted and alternated,jointly creating classic two-dimensional composition of patterns on China's prehistoric painted pottery.
关键词
庙底沟类型/彩陶/二维构图法/写实底纹/抽象彩纹
Key words
the Miaodigou type/painted pottery/two-dimensional composition/realistic background patterns/abstract colour patterns