An ancient Etruscan bucchero stamnos, ovoid in form on a low flaring foot, the body with raised horizontal double bands above and below the handles, the shoulder with raised vertical rays bordered by raised double bands below and a single raised band above, with a short cylindrical neck and thick flaring rim.
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.
$7,500
