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 (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (GALLO-ROMAN, RELIEF)
CUP (ITALIOTE)
CUP (IBERIAN)
CUP (CYPRIOT)
CUP (CYPRIOT)
CUP (CYPRIOT)
CUP (CYPRIOT)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP SKYPHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN)
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
CUP (PEUCETIAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MARLAY GROUP
· -450 to -400
FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN)
RF
EPELEIOS P
· -525 to -475
PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN)
RF
SPLANCHNOPT P
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN)
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (CORINTHIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Makron
· -500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-475 to -425
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-425 to -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-425 to -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-400 to -300
CUP, STEMLESS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, ONE-HANDLED (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
CUP (CYPRIOT)
CUP (CYPRIOT)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
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