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
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 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
490–480 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
EUAION P
· mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta rim 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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
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
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
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th 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
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
first half 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
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 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
490–480 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
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
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Ancona Painter
· 460–450 BCE
Attic Kylix Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic (or Etruscan?) Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
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