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Kylix
κύλιξ
27209 vases
The wide, shallow drinking cup of the symposium. The interior tondo — revealed as the drinker emptied the cup — was a prized space for painters. Some of the most intimate and inventive compositions appear inside kylikes.
Function & Use
Drinking wine at the symposium
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27209 examples
Kylix, stemless
Cup handle
GEO
Kylix fragment
GEO
Cup
GEO
ca. 3200–1050 BCE
Cup
GEO
ca. 3200–1050 BCE
Cup
GEO
ca. 3200–1050 BCE
Cup
GEO
ca. 3200–1050 BCE
Cup
GEO
ca. 3200–1050 BCE
Cup
GEO
ca. 3200–1050 BCE
Terracotta rim, body and handle from a cup
GEO
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Cup, fragment
GEO
Terracotta spouted conical bowl, white-on-dark ware
GEO
ca. 2400–2200 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup, white-on-dark ware
GEO
ca. 2200–1900 BCE
Terracotta goblet
GEO
ca. 2100–1950 BCE
Terracotta goblet
GEO
ca. 2100–1900 BCE
Terracotta tumbler
GEO
ca. 2100–1950 BCE
Cup
GEO
ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Terracotta straight-sided cup
GEO
ca. 1950–1900 BCE
Terracotta carinated bridge-spouted jug
GEO
ca. 1900–1750 BCE
Terracotta carinated cup
GEO
ca. 1900–1750 BCE
Terracotta loop-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1900–1600 BCE
Rim fragment of cup
about 1800 B.C.
Rim fragment of cup
about 1800 B.C.
Rim fragment of cup
about 1800 B.C.
Rim fragment of cup
about 1800 B.C.
Terracotta straight-sided cup
GEO
ca. 1800–1700 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1750–1700 BCE or 3rd–1st century BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1750–1600 BCE
Terracotta straight-sided cup
GEO
ca. 1750–1600 BCE
Terracotta straight-sided cup
GEO
ca. 1750–1700 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta miniature one-handled cup
ca. 1600–1525 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta cup with one handle
GEO
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta hemispherical cup
GEO
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta rim and upper body fragment from a straight-sided cup with tortoiseshell ripple motif
GEO
ca. 1600–1525 BCE
Object from Athens NAM
1600-1450 BC.
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1600–1500 BCE
Terracotta hemispherical cup
GEO
ca. 1525–1450 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
GEO
ca. 1400–1050 BCE
Object from Athens NAM
14th century BC
Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration
ca. 1400–1300 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1400–1200 BCE
Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration
GEO
ca. 1400–1300 BCE
Terracotta tankard
GEO
ca. 1400–1200 BCE
Terracotta pulled rim bowl
GEO
ca. 1400–1200 BCE
Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration
GEO
ca. 1400–1300 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with flower
ca. 1300–1225 BCE
Stemmed Cup
about 1300 B.C.
Terracotta one-handled cup
GEO
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Cup
GEO
Cup
GEO
Cup
GEO
Terracotta stemmed cup
GEO
1050–950 BCE
Cup
1020–950 B.C.
Cup with Two Handles
c. 900 BCE
Attic Geometric Two-handled Cup
GEO
about 900 B.C.
Cup
RF
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