Bucchero is the most distinctive class of ceramic produced in Etruria, Italy, between the 7th and the 5th centuries BC. This publication aims to provide a complete up-to-date listing and description of the collection of bucchero in the British Museum; a collection that consists of over three hundred items including examples of all the important regional productions of bucchero. A previous partial publication of the collection in 1932 is now out-dated and in need of replacement. In addition to being a new, complete, fully referenced and illustrated catalogue, technical aspects of the production of the vessels have been meticulously studied in order to reconstruct a working sequence - detailing the steps in the manufacture of each vase. A final important contribution of the study is the investigation of the formation of the collection, which dates back to 1756, and the history of the study of bucchero.
| ISBN: | 9780861591657 |
| Publication date: | 18th December 2007 |
| Author: | Philip Perkins |
| Publisher: | British Museum Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | British Museum Research Publication |
| Genres: |
Archaeology by period / region |