Ancient Etruscan (Early Roman) Bucchero Black Ware Vessel / Oenochoe | Burnished black earthenware vessel featuring a bulbous globular body and a long cylindrical neck ending in a wider flared funnel-like rim. The vessel is decorated with parallel vertical incised lines encircling the body | Includes COA | Approx. Size: 5" H x 3.25" W. Bucchero, a distinctly black, burnished ceramic ware, is often considered the signature ceramic fabric of the Etruscans, an indigenous, pre-Roman people of the Italian peninsula. The term bucchero derives from the Spanish term búcaro (Portuguese: pucaro), meaning either a ceramic jar or a type of aromatic clay. The main period of bucchero production and use stretches from the seventh to the fifth centuries B.C.