This peculiar vase with exceptionally glossy surface comes from a grave on Skyros. It comprises two almost globular bodies, one on top of the other, which have been joined together most skillfully by the potter and function as a single vessel. Visible on the shoulder of the upper part, at the centre of the multiple concentric semicircles, is the point-mark made by the shaft of the multiple brush which was used to draw the characteristic motif. Similar composite vessels, such as small oinochoae, small amphorae and bowls (skyphoi) have been found in other regions, too, such as Crete and Attica, and come mainly from graves. The austere decoration of the vase with multiple semicircles is typical of the Protogeometric period in the Aegean. The Protogeometric style seems to have survived longer in provincial workshops. Whereas in the major centres of Attica and the Argolid it was abandoned by the end of the 10th c. BC, on the periphery (Crete, Thessaly) it continued well into the 9th c. BC. The Protogeometric vases produced in the local Skyros workshop point to relations with Thessaly and Euboea, while also displaying some influences from the pottery of Attica and the Cyclades.