Which patterns decorated the surviving Shang white stoneware from about 1400 BCE?

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Neolithic Banshan pottery: funerary urn — Chinese pottery Painted Pottery funerary urn, Neolithic Banshan phase, c. 3000 bce, from Yangshao, Henan province, China; in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm. Height 13.2 inches (33.5 cm).

The only known complete specimen of fine white stoneware from the Shang dynasty dating to approximately 1400 BCE is decorated with the following patterns:

Chevrons: Linked V-shapes.12
Key-fret pattern: A geometric design consisting of small, straight bars intersecting at right angles.12

The motifs found on the shoulder of this vessel are noted for being reminiscent of those seen on contemporary bronze vessels.12