WAN Fenfen 1.2，NING Gang 1
(1. Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China; 2. Nanchang College of Engineering,
Nanchang 330099, Jiangxi, China)
Abstract: During the Ming and Qing dynasties, porcelain products were exported in large quantities, and as a medium of culturalcommunication, they bore on themselves the decorative patterns which reflected the results of cultural exchange. This paper analyzes theorigins and constructions of three types of leaf patterns and concludes that the "leaf pattern" has seen a long journey into Chinese culture andhas in turn had its influence spread to other cultures in the world through the medium of porcelain.
Key words: the origin of leaf pattern; band pattern; petal pattern; conformal pattern