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 SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
cup type a
cup type a
cup type a
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CENTAUR P
· -550 to -500
cup type a
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
cup type a
cup type a; cup type c
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
BF
cup type a
cup type a
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
cup type a
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
cup type a; cup type b
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
cup type a
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
cup type a
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
AMASIS P by FREL
· -575 to -525
cup type a
cup type a
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PITTSBURGH P
· -550 to -500
cup type a
cup type a
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PITTSBURGH P
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PITTSBURGH P
· -550 to -500
cup type a
cup type a
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PITTSBURGH P
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LOUVRE F 120, P OF
· -550 to -500
cup type a
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PROVIDENCE 22.214, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
cup type a
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PROVIDENCE 22.214, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ESSEN GROUP
· -525 to -475
cup type a
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ESSEN GROUP
· -550 TO -500
cup type a; cup type c
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ESSEN GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
cup type b
cup type b
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
cup type b
cup type b
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