History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c15.s4.t3.2

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The most distinguishing feature of the Jorwe culture is its black-on-red painted pottery. It is wheel thrown and of thin to medium fabric. It is made of well levigated clay which is devoid of impurities. The vessels have a mat surface and are treated with orange to red wash. The most distinctive vessels are a concave-sided carinated bowl with a round bottom and a spouted jar with carinated profile and a wide flaring mouth. Besides these, there are high necked globular jars and storage jars with constricted neck and bulging belly. The painted decoration is in black and repertoir of designs is extremely limited. The patterns are mostly linear and geometric such as sets of lines, triangles, lozenges loops etc. (Fig. 6).