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
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Sakonides
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Sakonides
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FP CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COURTING CUPS, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FP CLASS
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FP CLASS
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FP CLASS
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FP CLASS
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COURTING CUPS, GROUP OF THE
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
WRAITH P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN)
RF
EPELEIOS P
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)