bucchero

American  

[boo-kuh-roh, book-uh-] / ˈbu kəˌroʊ, ˈbʊk ə- /

noun

plural

buccheros

1. an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.

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Etymology

Origin of bucchero

1885–90; < Italian < Spanish búcaro < Portuguese: clay vessel, earlier púcaro < Mozarabic < Latin pōculum goblet. See potion, -cule ²

Example Sentences

Delicate black vases dating to around the start of the 6th century B.C. are examples of bucchero, a distinctive style of pottery produced by the Etruscans.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2015

The local museum contains a valuable and important collection of objects from the necropolis, including some specially fine bucchero, sepulchral urns of travertine, alabaster and terra-cotta, painted vases, stone cippi with reliefs, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

Breastplates with overlapping shoulder-straps and belts, broader in front than behind, with decoration of the same kind as the bucchero vases, are not uncommon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

The oldest bucchero vases are small and hand-made, sometimes with incised geometrical patterns engraved with a sharp tool like metal-work.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Etruria also produced the type of black pottery with a high polish known as bucchero nero.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly