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 fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Painter of Brussels R 330
· second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Tarquinia Painter
· 470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Brygos Painter
· 480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Sabouroff Painter
· 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Painter of Munich 2676
· 470–460 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
the Painter of London D 12
· second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Painter of Munich 2676
· 470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Tarquinia Painter
· 470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ambrosios Painter
· 520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second 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
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late sixth century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
3rd quarter of the 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 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
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Attributed as Penthesilean
· 470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late sixth century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 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
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
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