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
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment (comprised of 2 joined fragments)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
Leafless Group, Caylus Painter
· about 500–480 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Mastoid Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
about 500–480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
500–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
Bonn Painter
· about 500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Mastoid Cup Fragment (comprised of 2 joined fragments)
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Fragmentary Cup
RF
about 500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
late sixth century BCE/early fifth century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
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