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)
BF
-600 to -550
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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band-cup
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band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
band-cup
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
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band-cup
band-cup
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band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
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