K20.2 MUSE WITH LYRE
Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
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Catalogue No. | London 1917,0725.2 |
Beazley Archive No. | 217933 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Bell |
Painter | Attributed to the Meleager Painter |
Date | ca. 400 - 380 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Muse from a painting depicting the contest of Apollo and Marsyas.
A Muse sits beside a palm tree holding a lyre. She is adorned with a stephane crown, necklace, bracelets and earrings.