Circa 600 – 500 BC. A black ware vessel formed with high arching strap handles which extend above the lip of the cup and give it an elegant shape. This vessels rests on a shallow flared foot. The bucchero ware is well known for its black fabric and glossy surface in which it was achieved by firing the pieces in a kiln manipulating the oxygen levels which ultimately converted the colour of the clay. Cf. Tom B. Rasmussen, Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1979), p. 101-110, pls. 30-33; John W. Hayes, Etruscan and Italic Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum: a Catalogue (Toronto, 1985), p. 75, 77 (nos. C22-23); Philip Perkins, Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum (British Museum Research Publications, 165) (London, British Museum, 2007), p. 45-50, 114-118 (nos. 161-191).Size: L:120mm / W:170mm ; 300gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art gallery; previously with US Art Gallery; previously with Harlan Berk Gallery, Chicago, IL.