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
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMEL P
· -575 to -525
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
XENOKLES
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
XENOKLES P by CAHN
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· -550 to -500
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ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OAKESHOTT P by BRUCKNER
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OAKESHOTT P
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OAKESHOTT P
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
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CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· -575 to -525
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
C P
· -575 to -525
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
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ionian cup
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ionian cup
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