An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s11.2

v1.c16.s11.2

The Ware is of fine fabric producing a metallic ring when struck, is treated with a thin slip turned dull red in colour and is painted in black chiefly with monotonous geometric designs such as triangles, squares and rectangles, oblique strokes, horizontal bands, loops, spirals, vertical pair of closely spaced crinkled lines and group of wavy lines and occasionally with human figures and deer, crane, dog and plant motifs. Also painted on the pots of the ware are what may be regarded as potters’ marks. They are large in number but the common ones are: one, two or three oblique or horizontal strokes; B-design occurring singly, in pairs and in opposed form; solid dots ranging in number from one to four; bisecting strokes; bisecting pairs of strokes; two, three or four strokes emanating from either a circle or a dot; single or double wavy lines; loop design; ladder motif; plant motif; and opposed triangles. Occasionally the pots bear graffiti [20.1] which include the ladder, bisecting lines, lattice, opposed triangles, groups of vertical lines and arrow, marks.