Shape
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
27209 examples
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band or lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
550–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Band or lip cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)