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Two intact moulded ware, both undecorated and third a Bottle with a bulbous body flat base and flaring long neck were also found. The last one is richly decorated with Lotus petals, floral and geometrical designs.
Specimen one is of a shape of a Lota with an outturned rim, flaring wide neck pronounced shoulder and a hemispherical body. It is 75 mm in height and has a wide 115mm neck. The wall is 8mm thick
Specimen two is a deep bowl hemispherical in shape with slightly flaring wide neck and out turned rim. Its ht is 72 mm and neck is 76 mm with wall thickness of 7mm.
The third specimen is a large fragment of a molded bottle, which is 200mms in height. It has lotus petals at the base, a row of large dots (7mm) above the lotus petals followed by leaf and flower pattern followed by two rows of smaller dots (5mm) followed, again, by leaf and flower pattern and a row of large dots. Its wall is 5 to 10 mm.
These three specimens are made from red colored clay and have a fine red slip on the exterior surface.
A strange shaped narrow necked small-mouthed pottery. It is a 110 mm tall and 100 mm broad at the middle portion vessel with a neck of just 30 mm. the wall is 8 mm thick. It has a light cream color. A part of the external surface, discolored, by some fluid stains, appears blackish.
Almost identical wares are found from the sites of Nevasa, Ter, Kondapur, and Kolhapur all in Maharashtra. The stamped potsherds:
I have grouped the potsherds that have human and or animal figurine in one set and having geometrical and floral patterns in another set. Curiously these figurine are not seen in the western Deccan mold made vessels, however they are seen in the pottery excavated from sites in Gujarat namely Nagara, Dev Ni Mori, Somnath and Shamalaji.
1 Depicts a horseman with a spear in his hand hunting an animal looking like an
antelope. There is a floral pattern above. Depicts an elephant with a man standing near its head. An elephant
A Lion like animal and a geometrical design 5 Aman, on elephant back, hunting a lion like animal.
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