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
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
eye-cup
eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OXFORD 236, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
eye-cup
eye-cup; stemless cup
kylix; eye-cup
kylix; eye-cup
eye-cup
CUP, ONE-HANDLED (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
eye-cup
eye-cup
kylix; forgery
goblet; kylix
kylix; goblet
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
gordion cup
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