First half of the 6th century B.C. Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inv. 2824
Produced at Chiusi, the kyathos was used to collect wine from larger vessels and to measure the water to be mixed with wine in the correct proportions.
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Bucchero ware
Bucchero ware is a kind of pottery fired by a special process that gives it a uniform black colour and a glossy surface, in imitation of more expensive metal vessels. First produced at Cerveteri around 675 B.C., it rapidly spread to other centres in southern Etruria, such as Veio, Tarquinia and Vulci, where its production became standardized.
