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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">black-gloss ware</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>black gloss</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>pottery by kiln, location, or style</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>black-gloss wares</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ware, black-gloss</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>black gloss pottery</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>black-glaze ware</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Fine ware that was widely produced in the Mediterranean region from the 4th to the 1st centuries BCE. It is distinguished by being wholly or in part covered with a black slip or gloss, which is not actually a glaze (although it is sometimes called "black-glaze ware"). This ware developed from later Attic production, but by the Hellenistic period (about 330-30 BCE), it had become the most popular fine ware throughout the Mediterranean. It was the first pottery to be exported in quantity from southern Italy by the 3rd century BCE. ]]></note></mads>