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 fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–475 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–475 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–475 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
475–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
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