Pyxis with lid
Corinthian
Greek
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
Classical Studies 21.01, Greek Archaeology and the Early Iron Age, Margaretha Kramer, Fall 2023
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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