V. HELLENISTIC
300 B.C. Side by side with decay of red–figure style appear two classes of vase that became very prevalent.
(1) White designs, often floral, on totally black ground of inferior dull glaze.
(2) Black ware decorated not by paint but by moulded figures and patterns. Also the handles of unpainted jars with stamped impressions (buff clay) not uncommon. Provenance mainly Rhodes.