Etruscan Bucchero Kyathos

An ancient Etruscan large bucchero footed kyathos with a single angular high arching handle.

Etruria.
Ca. 700 - 650 BC.
Height: 6 1/2 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; acquired at Munzen and Medaillen, Basel, Switzerland, November 1984.
Published: Munzen und Medaillen AG, Italische Keramik, (Basel, 1984), no. 16.
Inv#: 9471
Guaranteed Authentic

$3,000

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