The modern term West Slope pottery describes a type of Greek fine pottery from the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. West Slope pottery was especially widespread in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The name was coined in 1901 by Carl Watzinger, based on finds from the western slope of the Acropolis at Athens. West Slope pottery is a subtype of Black-glazed Ware. It was additionally decorated with white, yellow and pink clay slip, incisions, vertical ribbing and imprinted . The type developed during the 4th century BC out of a pottery style with applied yellowish-orange plastic ornaments that imitated gilding.