Yes - I never heard of a tazza either before it was set as a competition, but an old word adapted from the Italian for 'cup'. Now used for a shallow pedestal bowl. This example from lignum vitae (so one could actually drink from it, hence the thin rim) for bowl and stem (two pieces of course) and a walnut offcut for the base, with cast-in-place pewter ring. The bowl had no surface coating at all giving a shiny waxy appearance but I had applied a very light coat of food safe oil which brightens it a bit. Stem and base with friction polish coatings.
Pictures not ideal as the width makes it hard. Bowl diameter 230mm, thicker towards base
