A Large Geometric Period Amphora, Greek Archaic Period, circa 900 B.C.E.-800 B.C.E.
H. 44 cm
HC_CR_1001
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Provenance
US California private collection, purchased 1980
A very large oval ceramic container with wide neck and
open mouth set on a tall foot that gently opens to a stable foot. To either
side, small handles are set midway from the neck to the top of the jar itself.
All adorned in linear and V-chevron like patterns over the entire neck and body
of the piece.