Decoration:The painted designs are in white. After the designs are painted the pot is given a wash of thin reddish brown ochre which on firing gives the distinctive russet coating. The designs are geometric.
Location | Characteristics | Shapes Found | Firing |
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Nevasa, Maski, Brahmagiri, Chandravalli,Tirukkambuliyur, Alagarai, Paravai, Mangalam, Nattukalpalayam. | The clay is fine and well levigated. The pots are fine to coarse in section and made on the wheel. There are two prominent groups, Black-and-Red Ware and Red Ware. | The deep bowl with indistinct disc base or round bottom, The shallow bowl, The vase with curved-out rim, convex body and round bottom. | Well fired. |