Bucchero Jug

Title: Bucchero Jug
Inventory Number: A0027
Date Acquired: 1955
Source: Carucci Collection
Provenance: Italy
From Date: -599
To Date: -500
Description: Jug with shallowly concave cylindrical neck with outturned rim, high offset base; double handle from shoulder to rim where attachment of coils extended into flange-like projections on either side. Burnished on ext and int rim.
State of Preservation: Slight chipping on rim and underside of base. Splashes of what appears to be modern white paint on underside of base.
Height: 12.2 cm
Max Diameter: 8.37 cm
Rim Diameter: 6.33 cm
Base Diameter: 5.73 cm
Color: Clay body ca 10R 4/4 (weak red); surface 10R 2.5/1 (reddish black).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay