General Information

The Red Polished Ware Family is a large and diverse group characterized by a red polished slip that may be red, brown, purple, tan, gray, and black depending on firing and raw material.  The surfaces may be plain, mottled, and/or have  incised or applied decoration.

The canonical description was drawn from the work of Stewart and Astrom.

Red Polished I, II, III, and IV, Red Polished Black Top Bowls, Red Polished Episkopi Ware, Red Polished Mottled, Red Polished Mottled South Coast, Brown Polished, Drab Polished Blue Core.