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Etruria, ca. early 6th century BCE. A lovely blackware pottery kyathos with a squat footed base, a bulbous body, a deep interior cavity, and a slightly-flared rim. The handle is tall and strap-like, and displays a spade-shaped, low-relief design as well as a miniscule curved thumb rest. Bucchero is a specifically Etruscan style for firing pottery which results in a smooth, glossy black finish. This kyathos may have been created solely as a burial offering, as much fine Etruscan pottery was. Size: 5.2" H (13.2 cm).

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection

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#127850

Area of loss to rim with a long hairline fissure extending from the lowest point. Age-commensurate surface wear, with chips and losses across most surfaces. Wear and fading to black surfaces as well as earthen deposits throughout.