The first step in identifying a pottery type should be the identification of paste type.
Definition of impressed decoration in ceramics.
Also termed stamping or embossing impressing is simply the use of an object or tool pushed into the surface of a pot to leave a relief design in the clay.
Jomon pottery vessels are the oldest in the world and their impressed decoration which resembles rope is the origin of the word jomon meaning cord pattern.
See more ideas about pottery ceramic pottery pottery techniques.
Each type of ceramic has a unique combination of paste surface treatment and decoration that is not found in that combination on any other type steps in ceramic identification.
Sometimes short individual motifs were produced by wrapping a cord around a stick peterborough ware or part or the whole of a vessel was wrapped closely in cord corded ware and some varieties of beaker.
Pottery decoration produced by impressing a twisted cord into the surface of the soft clay.
300 bce of ancient japan produced a distinctive pottery which distinguishes it from the earlier paleolithic age.
Sep 20 2020 decorating ideas and techniques.
The methods colors and motifs used to decorate the vessel.