Etruscan Bucchero Kyathos

An ancient Etruscan bucchero stemmed kyathos with a single strap handle with a knob at the top and a female face at the interior join.

Etruria.

Ca. 625 - 550 BC.

Height: 6 3/8 in. (16.5 cm).

Bucchero ware was the distinct local pottery type of ancient Etruria. It is distinguished by its delicately potted black earthen fabric as well as its glossy, burnished black surface, often with incision work. Bucchero ware was produced through the unique “reduction” method in which it was fired.

Formerly in the collection of Jerome Eisenberg, New York.

Inv#: 9100

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$2,000