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
cup; dish
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (ITALIAN, BRONZE AGE)
cup; goblet
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (ITALIAN, BRONZE AGE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, PSEUDO RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
cup
CUP (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ITALIAN, BRONZE AGE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, PSEUDO RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, PSEUDO RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, PSEUDO RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, PSEUDO RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
cup
cup
cup
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
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