Literature

Tall neck amphorae such as this were used to hold either liquids or dried food. The form and decoration are typically Middle Geometric as in this period closed shape vessels become taller and slimmer, elegantly formed with a higher centre of gravity than before. The decoration in this period is richer and less restrained For discussion and similar examples, see J.N Coldstream, Geometric Greece, 900-700 BC, 2003, pp. 51ff; fig 22f; for a similar amphora in Tubingen see, J. Boardman, Early Greek Vase Painting, London, 1998, p. 30, no. 31. There are related examples with closely comparable decoration in the British Museum (acc. no.2000,0524.1), and in Athens, National Museum acc. no. 21355.