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 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)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
late 6th century BCE/early 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)
500–470 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)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
470–460 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 rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
6th/5th centuries
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
500–470 BCE
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