Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum / Philip Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Philip, 1961-

Contributor:

British Museum

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Research publication (British Museum) ; no. 165.

British Museum research publication ; no. 165

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British Museum--Archaeological collections.

British Museum.

Pottery, Etruscan.

Bucchero (Pottery).

Archaeological museums and collections.

Etruria--Antiquities.

Etruria.

Physical Description:

136 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : British Museum, [2007]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780861591657

0861591658

OCLC:

191890162