青铜器物上的装饰画，主题约可分为两类，一是描写贵族生活中的礼仪活动，如宴乐、射礼、表祭等；如赵固出土的《刻纹铜鉴》，集中表现了贵族生活的仪礼活动；另一类是描绘水陆攻战的图象，以山彪镇出土的《水陆攻战纹鉴》为代表。其他百花潭铜壶，故宫《宴乐铜壶》都有表现战争景象的图画。这些画幅中，有水陆交战、坚壁防守、云梯攻地等情节。还有描绘水战、陆战的阵势中，表现了冲锋击杀攻坚的细节。士兵有的执剑和戟，有的持戈和矛等，形象生动。这些艺术手法，给汉画石刻、砖刻以很大的启发和影响。
The decorative paintings on bronzes can be roughly divided into two categories: one is to describe the etiquette activities in aristocratic life, such as banquets, archery, and sacrificial rites; the other is to depict the images of water and land attack, represented by the "water and land attack pattern" unearthed in shanbiao town. Other Baihuatan bronze pots and the Palace Museum banquet bronze pot all have pictures showing the scene of war. In these paintings, there are such plots as land and water fighting, wall defense, and ladder attack. There are also detailed descriptions of the water and land battles, which show the details of the attack and kill of the charge. Some soldiers hold swords and halberds, and some hold spears and spears, which are vivid. These artistic techniques have greatly inspired and influenced the stone and brick carvings of Han paintings.