Ancient Etruscan (Early Roman) Bucchero Black Ware Oenochoe Juglet | Dating from the 6th Century B.C. | Adorned burnished single-handled Bucchero Black Ware vessel featuring a finely decorated rim/lip with incised elliptical geometric designs and additionally lined with raised round nodules. The vessel's cylindrical neck is decorated with similar incised designs. The bulbous globular body is ornately decorated with vertical and horizontal lines which are more stylized designs. The body rests on a small hollow foot | Includes COA | Approx. Size: 4.25" H x 5.5" 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.E.