Complex sentence: It consists of a white slip of the local calcareous clay applied to a terracota vase and then painted, in the later development of the technique a coloured wash was often applied to the clothing or flesh of the figures depicted.
Split into simpler sentences: It consists of a white slip of the local calcareous clay applied to a terracota vase and then painted. In the later development of the technique, a coloured wash was often applied to the clothing or flesh of the figures depicted.