Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum
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Perkins__Etruscan_Bucchero_for_web.pdf
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57.74 MB
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Resource type
Book
Creator (person)
Perkins, Philip
Date published
2007
Abstract
Bucchero is the most distinctive class of ceramic produced in Etruria, Italy, between the 7th and the 5th centuries BC. This publication aims to provide a complete up-to-date listing and description of the collection of bucchero in the British Museum; a collection that consists of over three hundred items including examples of all the important regional productions of bucchero. A previous partial publication of the collection in 1932 is now out-dated and in need of replacement. In addition to being a new, complete, fully referenced and illustrated catalogue, technical aspects of the production of the vessels have been meticulously studied in order to reconstruct a working sequence – detailing the steps in the manufacture of each vase. A final important contribution of the study is the investigation of the formation of the collection, which dates back to 1756, and the history of the study of bucchero.
Editor
Perkins
Publisher
British Museum
Place of publication
London
Keywords
Collection