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, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP (LACONIAN)
CUP (LACONIAN)
CUP (LACONIAN)
CUP (LACONIAN)
CUP (LACONIAN)
CUP (ATHENIAN (?), SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
CUP (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP (HELLENISTIC)
CUP (HELLENISTIC, RELIEF)
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
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