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 (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MEIDIAS P
· -425 to -375
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 13908, P OF
· -425 to -375
bowl; cup
cup; bowl
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MELEAGER P
· -425 to -375
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
bowl; cup
bowl; cup
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
JENA P
· -425 to -375
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
JENA P
· -425 to -375
cup; bowl
cup; bowl
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
JENA P by TUGUSHEVA
· -425 to -375
cameo; vessel; cup
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps FLYING-ANGEL P
· -500 to -450
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MEIDIAS P by LOSEVA
· -425 to -375
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
vessel; cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
FISH PLATE (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)