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Curious Pots
Brahmagiri
Site Details, Pottery Style & Pottery Details
Site Name
Brahmagiri
Site Details
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Pottery Style
1. Grey Ware
2. Dull Red Ware
3. Black-on-red Ware
Pottery Style Details
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Decoration: Incised decoration in the form of elementary herring bone or criss-cross patterns and as irregular incisions on grey and buff slipped sherds was found in Brahmagiri 1A culture. Perforated decoration occurs at the bases of grey and dull red ware pots
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sherds of black-on-red ware in Brahmagiri 1A: The painted ware is buff or red-slipped. The red-slipped pottery is burnished and salt-glazed. The painting was done after firing with brownish purple coloured ochre. The decorative patterns consist of simple horizontal and vertical bands, criss-cross or lattice and highly conventionalized plant patterns.
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