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Unknown Maker, Etruscan

Bucchero Stemmed Cup
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Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Etruscan

Culture

Etruscan

Title

Bucchero Stemmed Cup

Year

ca. 600 BCE

Medium

  • terracotta

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • terracotta

Materials

clay products

Dimensions

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

33.027

Type

  • Ceramics

Projects & Publications

Publications

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

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Weiss Ancient Art Gallery
Sep 22, 2010
Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries
Sep 22, 2010

Label copy

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.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Etruscan
Bucchero Stemmed Cup, ca. 600 BCE
Terracotta
Height: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 inches) (height)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 33.027

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