Etruscan bucchero in the British Museum.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: May 1, 2008 | Copyright information

9780861591657

Etruscan bucchero in the British Museum.

Perkins, Philip.

The British Museum Press

2007

136 pages

$60.00

Paperback

NK4623

Perkins (classical studies, Open U.) presents the British Museum collection of Etruscan bucchero, a distinctive type of pottery made in Italy from the 7th to 5th century BCE, in its first comprehensive publication since 1932. Part of the British Museum Research Publication series (formerly titled British Museum Occasional Papers), this book's aim is to provide a catalogue, description, and identification ...

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