http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/942489/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=11E8B352336A22291A337AD8EEAFBBFFCovered drinking cup (kylix) with Apollo and a Museabout 460 B.C.the Carlsruhe PainterCeramic, white ground technique with added clay and gilding on interior of cover; red-figure technique on rim and exteriorBoth the form and decoration of this cup are extremely unusual. The cover, seen here from above, was not designed to open. The cup was filled through a hollow in its stemmed base, and libations were poured out through the opening in the cover. The cup depicts the god Apollo appearing before one of the nine Muses, goddesses of the arts, whom he led and inspired. The lyre this Muse holds was originally gilded. She sits on a rock and wears a light brown dress (chiton). The exterior sides of the cup are decorated with two (one on each side) fully draped women running, carrying sprigs.Vessels7.7000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/154002;jsessionid=11E8B352336A22291A337AD8EEAFBBFF