 On later examples a roller with recessed reliefs was used to transfer figures of deities or even narratives to the surface of the vessel.During the Orientalizing period and on into the Archaic, bucchero sottile production continued but gradually lost its unique character as Etruria became increasingly Hellenized.As Rome began to nibble away at the territories of southern Etruria, centers for producing bucchero shifted northwards to the cities of Chiusi and Vulci.