The animal hoof bamboo lacquer box found in Hubei is the product of this artistic tendency. It is carved from bamboo into a round box with a hoof bracket, and then painted. This bamboo carving box is a valuable material for studying the history of bamboo carving.
The most common lacquerware in the Warring States period is daily necessities, such as urns, boxes, boxes, cards, badges, pillows, beds, cases, watches, boxes, screens, scales and so on. Followed by weapons and musical instruments, such as bells, hammers, braids, drums, drums, harps, harps, sheng, flutes, bows, crossbows, spears, spears, arrows, arrows and bows.
Some bamboo lacquerware is made by imitating bronzes and pottery, while others imitate animal shapes. The pattern is fine, smooth and beautiful. In addition to geometric patterns such as diamonds, squares and triangles, the patterns are mostly dot patterns, mesh patterns, moire patterns, circular patterns, Kuiwen patterns and dragon and phoenix patterns. The composition of decorative patterns is skillful, continuous patterns are widely used, and the techniques are diverse, and most of them are drawn with black paint.
Bamboo tire lacquerware mainly includes lacquerware. For example, the bamboo plaque with three animal feet found in the Chu tomb of the Warring States Period in Paomashan, Jiangling, Hubei Province is probably the earliest bamboo carving art found in China.