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
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BOTHMER
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BORRIELLO
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
NIKOSTHENES by UNKNOWN
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN)
CUP (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (DAUNIAN)
CUP (DAUNIAN)
CUP (DAUNIAN)
CUP (DAUNIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
DOURIS by LEVI
· -500 to -450
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Euphronios
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP (MYCENEAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP (IONIAN)
CUP (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
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