Painted pottery hais txog polished txiv kab ntxwv-liab pottery dawb paug, depicted nrog tej yam ntuj tso mineral pigments, ocher thiab manganese oxide raws li cov xim, thiab ces raug rho tawm haujlwm nyob rau hauv ib tug kiln. Nyob rau ntawm lub txiv kab ntxwv-liab carcass nthuav tawm cov qauv zoo nkauj ntawm ocher liab, dub, dawb, thiab ntau yam xim, tsim lub lauj kaub tais diav nrog kev sib koom siab ntawm cov qauv thiab cov duab ntawm cov tais diav, thiab ua tiav cov txiaj ntsig zoo nkauj thiab zoo nkauj.
Painted pottery yog exquisitely ua, feem ntau av nplaum lauj kaub tais diav, nrog ib tug ilv kev ntxhib los mos, yog li nws tsis yog tsuas yog ib tug siv tau lub nkoj, tab sis kuj muaj siab artistic nqi. Txij li cov xim yog pleev xim rau ua ntej firing, tom qab ci nrog lub lauj kaub tais diav, cov xim thiab lub lauj kaub tais diav yog sib xyaw ua ke thiab tsis yooj yim rau poob. Daim ntawv pleev xim tuaj yeem muab faib ua ob pawg: cov qauv thiab cov duab.
Qhov thib ob, qhov saum npoo ntawm cov ceramic dawb yuav tsum ncav cuag ib qho tiav, thiab cov xim tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv cov log tsheb ceramic. Qhov no yuav tsum tau ua tib zoo tshuaj xyuas thiab ntxuav cov av nplaum, thiab rov qab polishing ntawm lub rooj tom qab lub billet yog tsim. Feem ntau ntawm cov xim pleev xim rau hauv cov archaeological discoveries yog av nplaum, thiab txawm tias cov xuab zeb lauj kaub tais diav xws li Xindian kab lis kev cai muaj qhov muag heev. Lub cev tseem ceeb ntawm Dadiwan kab lis kev cai pottery yog nplua xuab zeb pottery, tab sis cov khoom nto yog coated nrog ib tug du argillaceous txheej;