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| Keywords: Etruscan - Hydria with Lid - Walters 48436, 48437, 48438 - Profile Group.jpg A distinctive type of Etruscan pottery known as bucchero made from the mid-7th century through the 6th century BC is one of the few types of fine ancient pottery that is unpainted The ware is recognized by its glossy black finish resulting from a firing process in which the amount of oxygen in the kiln was minimized known as reduction This process makes the pottery black all the way through unlike Greek works with a black surface Made in the workshops of Chiusi pottery known as bucchero pesante heavy bucchero is distinguished by bold imaginative shapes and abundant molded and incised decoration The dome-shaped lid with rooster finial of this example has clearly been influenced by earlier Villanovan works century 6 BC Etruscan terracotta cm 26 3 36 8 65 accession number 48 436 48 437 48 438 79123 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Chiusi Italy Walters Art Museum license Etruscan hydriai Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Animals in Etruscan art Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Villanovian culture | ||||
