Vases Red-figure Kylix Kylix (Drinking Cup)
Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Red-figure the Penthesilea Painter · Kylix · about 460 BCE
<p>This is an example of the most popular type of wine cup, the kylix. Rising from a round foot and a thin stem, the cup flares out to a wide bowl with two handles on opposite sides. The interior of a kylix typically has a painted scene within a tondo, or circular frame, which would have been gradually revealed to the drinker as the wine was consumed. Here a youth stands before a woman.</p>
Shape
Technique
Date
about 460 BCE
Culture
Ancient Greece
Attribution
Attributed
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1889.27
Image Source
chicago_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)