Bucchero Jug

Title: Bucchero Jug
Inventory Number: A0028
Date Acquired: 1955
Source: Carucci Collection
From Date: -599
To Date: -500
Description: Funnel-necked jug w outturned rim & high-swung flat handle on low offset base; strong incurve of body to juncture w neck; 3 incised horizontal bands on lower part of neck. Burnished inside & out.
State of Preservation: Some chipping of rim; surface slightly worn on exterior; whitish encrustation on int, probably dirt.
Height: to handle 15.05 cm to rim 11.72 cm
Max Diameter: 9.2 cm
Rim Diameter: 7.64 cm
Base Diameter: 4.3 cm
Color: Clay body & surface 2.5Y N2/ (black)
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay