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 (VILLA NOVA)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
CUP (VILLA NOVA)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup; salt-cellar
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, NAUCRATITE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
WG
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
CUP (EAST GREEK, RELIEF)
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
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