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Etruscan Bucchero Nero Calice Cup
 

      
 
 

   Elegant Etruscan "bucchero nero" ceramic calice cup. The bucchero nero, an Etruscan ceramics technology, was invented by the Villanovian culture
   and mastered by Etruscan crafstmen. It is said that the deep, brilliant black luster was intended to imitate metallic vessel.

   The calice shape is associated with libations.

   Restored from several pieces, lip restored, some breaches visible.

 
   Material : Bucchero Nero (black luster ceramic)
   Provenance : ex.Paris auction sale
   Dimensions : Diam. : 13,5 cm - H. : 9 cm
   Origin : Etruscan workshops
   Period : VII c.B.C.

        Ref. : r-129

 

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