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: eye-cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) or a lekythos (oil flask)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)?
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)?
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)?
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
560–550 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)?
560–550 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
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