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 Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Kylix Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Attributed to Makron
· ca. 490 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (type B)
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 Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
early 5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
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–4th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Red-Figure Cup 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 Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Etruscan(?) Cup(?) or Skyphos(?) Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment (comprised of 6 Joined Fragments)
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Rim Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Kylix Fragment
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix 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.
Red-Figure Kylix 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 Red-Figure Kylix 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–4th 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 Cup Fragments
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Etruscan Red-Figure Stemless Kylix Fragment
RF
5th–4th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
Euaion Painter
· 5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Cup Fragment
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Kylix
5th century BCE
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Attic Black-Glaze Cup
5th century B.C.
Etruscan Red-Figure Stemless Kylix Fragment
RF
5th–4th century B.C.
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