Shape
Kylix
κύλιξ
214 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
214 examples
Cup, fragment
Terracotta cup with lid
ca. 650 BCE
Terracotta cup with lid
ca. 650 BCE
Terracotta kyathos (ladle)
ca. 650 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
late 7th–6th century BCE
Cup
1st half of the 6th century BCE
Cup
first half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
ca. 600 BCE
Cup
first half of the 6th century BCE
Cup
first half of the 6th century BCE
Cup
6th century BCE
Cup
first half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix (cup)
ca. 600–480 BCE
Terracotta kylix (cup)
600–480 BCE
Kylix Fragment
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Kylix, lip-cup
ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta stemmed kyathos (single-handled cup)
6th century BCE
Kylix
6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta chalice
ca. 575–550 BCE
Cup
575–525 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high vertical handles)
mid-6th century BCE
Cup
ca. 570–560 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta chalice
ca. 575–550 BCE
Terracotta chalice
ca. 575–550 BCE
Cup
2nd and 3rd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta chalice
ca. 575–550 BCE
Terracotta Little Master cup
ca. 565–550 BCE
Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
ca. 560 BCE
Fragment of a kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta kylix: hybrid Siana lip-cup (drinking cup)
Cup
mid 6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta footed cup
ca. 550 BCE
Cup
ca. 550 BCE
Cup
mid 6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix, band-cup
Fragment of a kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta chalice
ca. 550 BCE
Terracotta chalice
ca. 550–525 BCE
Cup
ca. 550–500 BCE
Terracotta chalice
ca. 550–500 BCE
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
3rd quarter of 6th century BCE
Kylix, band-cup
3rd quarter of 6th century BCE
Cup
2nd half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta chalice
ca. 550 BCE
Terracotta chalice
ca. 550 BCE
Terracotta drinking cup with two handles
ca. 550 BCE
Kylix, band-cup
3rd quarter of 6th century BCE
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup)
Kylix fragment
2nd half of the 6th century BCE
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