Pyxis with lid

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6th century BCE

Terracotta

Overall: 7 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (19.1 × 16.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Helen Hood Diefendorf

C.984.45

Geography

Place Made: Greece, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Classical World

Not on view

Course History

CLST 21, From Disaster to Triumph: Greek Archaeology from the Destruction of Mycenae to the Persian Wars, Julie Hruby, Winter 2014

CLST 11.3, COCO 5, HIST 6.4, Early Sparta and Corinth: A Comparative Approach to the History and Archaeology of Two Major Greek City-States, Jeremy (Jerry) Rutter, Paul Christesen, Spring 2014

CLST 11.3, COCO 5, HIST 6.4 Early Sparta and Corinth: A Comparative Approach to the History and Archaeology of Two Major Greek City-States, Jeremy (Jerry) Rutter, Paul Christesen, Spring 2014

CLST 11.3, COCO 5, HIST 6.4, Early Sparta and Corinth: A Comparative Approach to the History and Archaeology of Two Major Greek City-States, Jeremy (Jerry) Rutter, Paul Christesen, Spring 2014

Exhibition History

The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21-November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25-March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24-August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992-January 3, 1993, naturalia no. n152.

Provenance

Helen Hood Diefendorf, Naples, Florida; given to present collection, 1984.

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