Etruscan cup of the fourth century BC. Black bucchero pottery. Restored with its fragments. Measures: 15 x 13,6 cm (diameter). Etruscan cup made of a type of black pottery, the bucchero, specific of the Etruscan civilization. Known since the 7th century B.C., its firing method (in kilns between 900 °C and 1050 °C) turns the pottery black and makes it shine like metal. The body of the cup presented here is worked with horizontal bands and incisions. It has a cylindrical shaft and a wide mouth. Dimensions 15 x 13,6 cm (diameter).