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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
EUPHRONIOS by BOTHMER
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Euphronios
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
OXFORD 1949, P OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Euphronios
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, ONE-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, ONE-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, ONE-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP COVERED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, ONE-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)