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 DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type b
cup type b
cup type b
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type b
cup type b
cup type b
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type b
cup type b
cup type b
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type c
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type c
cup type c
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type c
cup type c
cup type c
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
cup type c
cup type c
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
cup type c
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
cup type c; phiale
cup type c
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
cup type c
cup type c
cup type c
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
cup type c
dish; kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
droop cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)