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
Drinking cup (kantharos)
720–700 B.C.
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
High-rimmed two-handled cup
720–690 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)?
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment from a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)?
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Cup
ORI
early 7th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)?
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)?
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)?
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta 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 (drinking cup)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
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