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Pottery has been called the lyric of handicrafts. It symbolizes man's first attempt at craftsmanship. The terra-cotta which is an unglazed fired clay often used for architectural features and ornament, vessel and sculpture. They can be used for floor and roof tile. The colours of terra-cotta articles vary from pink, red, brown to light and dark gray. In india the terra-cotta of madhya pradesh shows a distinctness and the articles are offered in various figures of animal, bird in different positions show their sharp skills in the art. The famous traditional statue of elephants, serpents, birds and horses in terra-cotta from bastar is incomparable in simplicity. The decorative roof tiles and rukha padki of raigarh have unparalleled. The bundelkhand terra-cotta is famous in crafting of life-size images of human forms.
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