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 (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup; skyphos
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
lip-cup; band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
siana cup; band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup; lip-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP KASSEL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
band-cup
lip-cup; band-cup
band-cup
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