Etruscan Bucchero Oinochoe

Culture: Etruscan

Period: 570-520 B.C.

Material: Clay

Dimensions: 17.8 cm high

Price: 2 200 Euro

Ref: 4026

Provenance: Nicole Porter Collection, Illinois, USA. Acquired in 1984 from the Jacqueline Ross Collection, Madison Wisconsin. The majority of the Ross Etruscan collection was donated to the Elvehjem Museum of Art (now the Chazen Museum of Art) at the University of Wisconsin in 1984 and is still there today.

Condition: Very minor chips on the base and rim, otherwise perfectly preserved.

Description: Very elegant oenochoe of the so-called Bucchero Ware. The massive, ovoid corpus stands on a ring base, which is set off by a recessed band. On the upper half of the corpus three-dotted hallmark pattern which possibly serves as a floral ornament. The cloverleaf-shape spout is very elegantly formed, the semi-circular handle starts between two horns on the rim and finishes at the shoulder. On the corpus a light shade caused by burning the clay in ancient times. For sure from the same workshop like our reference number 4025.