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)
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CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LYSIPPIDES P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Related to LYSIPPIDES P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)