Question

Write a note on ‘Jorwe’ pottery.

Answer 1

• Jorwe pots are well baked giving a metallic sound. They are red in colour with designs painted in black. 
• Jorwe pottery includes shapes like spouted pots, carinated bowls, and troughs, lota, globular jars, etc. 
• The late Jorwe people made pots of the same shapes but without any decoration. 
• Potters kilns were found in both Malwa and Early Jorwe periods.
• They were round in shape. The kiln of the early Jowre period was larger and of greater capacity. 
• In the late Jorwe period potters did not have a specially built kiln. They baked their pots directly on the ground. 
• Inamgaon was the centre of pottery production which supplied pottery to the surrounding villages.