bucchero

[ boo-kuh-roh, book-uh- ]

noun

, plural buc·che·ros.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bucchero¹

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

Even the black ware called bucchero is now known to have been manufactured in other lands and not to be an Pottery. exclusively Etruscan style.

From Project Gutenberg

The decoration of the bucchero is either engraved, in which case it is almost always extremely rude, or formed by figures modelled or pressed by a mould on to the body of the vase.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg