The black clay pot of Longshan culture (Neolithic Age) has many geometric ornaments in the traditional ornamentation types. It may seem monotonous, but it is the beginning of the aesthetic consciousness of an era.
The string pattern is one of the decorative patterns of ancient pottery and bronze, and the pattern is a single or several parallel lines carved out, arranged on the neck, shoulder, abdomen, shin and other parts of the object. It is the simplest traditional ornament on ancient artifacts, which is presented as a raised horizontal line on bronze ware, which appeared in the Neolithic Age, and was generally popular in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
There are two kinds of string patterns: fine string patterns and coarse string patterns. The fine strings resemble a slender strap that is tied flat to the pottery;The thick string pattern is broad-banded, and the middle is grooved, like a slab tile, also known as a tile. Some of the two ornaments appear on one object at the same time, and sometimes the string pattern is used in conjunction with other ornaments.
The white jade string pattern knife (Shang) string pattern is one of the simplest ornaments. The pattern is a raised horizontal line, usually one to three lines. Sometimes it appears alone, sometimes as a foil to other complex patterns. There is also a herringbone string pattern, which is called "herringbone pattern" or "herringbone string pattern". It was prevalent in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and was still used until the Han Dynasty.
The string pattern was first seen in the Cishan culture and Xinglongwa culture artifact group in the middle of the Neolithic Age, and the pottery in this period was handmade, and the string pattern was still relatively primitive, and the shape was not regular.
After the middle of the Neolithic period, the emergence of the wheel system technology made the string pattern gradually popular, and it can be common in the Yangshao culture and the archaeological culture of the same period or later. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the string pattern was still the main decoration of pottery. On ceramics from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, the string pattern is also one of the main ornaments, which appears separately on a few utensils and as auxiliary ornaments on the vast majority of utensils, playing a role in dividing the layers of ornamentation.
Dehua kiln white glaze convex string pattern three-legged furnace (Ming) string pattern can be divided into convex string pattern and concave string pattern according to different shapes, in addition, there are painted string patterns. The convex string pattern is made by squeezing the carcass or stacking on the finished carcass when making the blank, and the concave string pattern is made by using fingers or tools to pick, carve and scratch when making the blank. The forms of decoration are relatively diverse, including the simple decoration of a single string pattern, the combination of multiple string patterns, and the combination of other patterns to form a composite pattern, which plays a role in separating, connecting and setting off in the decoration.
The appearance of the yellow glaze depicted gold string pattern (Ming) string pattern is inseparable from the progress of ancient ancestors' pottery technology. With the more regular production of string patterns and the combination of other ornaments, it indicates that string patterns have become an important part of ancient pottery decoration. The simplicity and simplicity of its embody, with its continuous and continuous characteristics of accompanying change, carry the specific aesthetic orientation of the ancestors.
The appearance of the string pattern of the white glazed string pattern amphora furnace (Ming) in Suzhou kiln is also related to the production of the wheel system method in the original pottery, and the string pattern carved out of the rotation is also called the spiral pattern.
String patterns were widely used on Neolithic pottery. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the decorative role of string patterns on ceramics was still emphasizedThe spring and autumn gray pottery is decorated with a wide whirlpool as the main ornament;In the later generations of the Han and Wei dynasties, the use of chord patterns on ceramics was endlessCeladon vases, pots, and cans in the Northern Dynasties period were also mainly decorated with long convex string patterns, forming a unique style of the times.
Yongzheng tea glazed string pattern bottle (clear) string pattern is simple and rhythmic, layer by layer, soft and smooth lines are very neat and tidy, more vivid and lively charm, so from the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, the string pattern has been popular so far, and is still widely used in various decorative fields, especially in the field of ceramics, from the auxiliary pattern to the main pattern, it is simply through the millennium, timeless.
Yongzheng imitation Ru glazed string pattern chrysanthemum petal bottle (clear) its appearance, perhaps related to water, or maybe clouds, all in all, this simple decorative line did open the door to human aesthetics.
The beauty of this world is not the ultimate complexity alone, but simple enough to move people, it is enough.