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
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
EUERGIDES P
· -525 to -475
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
cup
cup
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
EPIKTETOS by ROBINSON
· -525 to -475
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
cup
cup
cup
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (LACONIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (LACONIAN)
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP, FRAGMENT (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
cup
cup
CUP, SIANA (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
RED-BLACK P by BRIJDER
· -575 to -525
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (LACONIAN)
cup
cup
JUG (LACONIAN)
cup
cup
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