incise
verb (used with object)
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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The pottery has a polished appearance on the exterior; it is never painted, and mostly without decoration; at most it may have incised geometrical patterns.
From A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard