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Etruscan

Bucchero Stemmed Cup, ca. 600 BCE

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Etruscan

Title

Bucchero Stemmed Cup

Year

ca. 600 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • clay products

Dimensions

Height: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 inches) (height)

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

33.027

Projects & Publications

Publications

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

During the 7th century BCE, the Etruscans developed new ceramics technology, allowing them to produce finer vessels and more elegant shapes. The technique used to produce this cup, known as bucchero, required dark-gray purified clay to be shaped and burnished before firing. A low-oxygen environment was maintained in the kiln, creating the distinctive lustrous black of bucchero. This drinking cup and its stem were created separately and then joined; the seam is emphasized by a notched molding. The frieze around the cup’s body depicts a chorus of ten men and women, holding hands and processing to the left. The decorative pattern around the foot, known as a guilloche, was created by rolling an engraved cylinder across the wet clay.

Weiss Ancient Art Gallery

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