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Ancient Etruscan bucchero ware vessel with two handles, rounded body, and incised circular and spiral patterns on the surface. Etruscan amphora of bucchero ware
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Bucchero ware

Etruscan pottery
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Bucchero ware, Etruscan earthenware pottery common in pre-Roman Italy chiefly between about the 7th and early 5th century bc. Characteristically, the ware is black, sometimes gray, and often shiny from polishing. The colour was achieved by firing in an atmosphere charged with carbon monoxide instead of oxygen. This is known as a reducing firing, and it converts the red of the clay, due to the presence of iron oxide, to the typical bucchero colours. Although...

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