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
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)?
540–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a Little Master cup (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Attic (?) Cup (?) Fragment
6th–5th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
BF
6th century BCE
Attic (?) Cup Fragment
6th–5th century B.C.
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