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An antelope
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A Peacock
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A Warrior, in the sitting posture, with a spear and a shield.
A pair of standing lady and a man (Black pottery)
A Lady sitting in the lap of a Man with a hair do (Jata), can be a depiction of Shiv and Parvati. (Black Pottery)
A woman playing a Harp (sitting) and a standing woman playing a Mridang (an Indian drum like musical instrument) (Black Pottery)
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All these potsherds are 7-8mms thick and are well backed having finely levigated clay and a slip. Set two shows geometrical and floral patterns.
Barring a single specimen which is black in color all the other specimens are red colored. They are 7 to 10 mm thick.
The geometrical patterns are squares, triangles, circles, while floral patterns show lotus petals in one specimen and leaves and different flower patterns in others. One potsherd shows a large flower with sunrays emitting from it giving an impression of the sun. This specimen is dark red and has a slip with shining mica particles on both the surfaces. It also has rows of roulette
engraving.
Negatives Stamps or Dyes:
As if to prove that the molded, decorated ware was made by them, locally, the potters have left behind. negatives or stamps with which they stamped the impressions. Two maim patterns are seen. Cylindrical shaped dyes and Flat or Concave dyes.
Cylindrical Dyes: I have 4 specimens of CD
A A complete, flat cylinder.(39 by 43 mm), with floral patterns. It has depressions on the top and bottom of the cylinder to hold and rotate it between middle finger and thumb
B A complete, bi-conical Cylinder (30 by 42mm), with a design showing small flowers. Here too there are depressions on top and bottom.
C and D Fragments of cylinders with large floral design.
Cylindrical Dye Metropolitan Museum, NY
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