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    PROFESSOR PHILIP PERKINS

    Apr 23, 2020 4 minutes

    Q. FIRSTLY, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT BUCCHERO

    CERAMICS ARE?

    A. Bucchero is a Spanish word originating from South America. When the Spanish first went over there, they found black pottery with a shiny surface. It is not entirely clear why but the name was borrowed for Etruscan pottery, which is also black coloured with a shiny surface. This pottery was produced in Etruria from the early 7th century BCE and it’s possible to trace the roots of bucchero pottery all the way back to the end of the Bronze Age. Bucchero started out as a luxury good, and as far as we know the first place it was made

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