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
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Akin to CAMPANA P
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
NORTH SLOPE R 159, P OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DURAND P
· -525 to -475
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHRYNOS P by SCHLÜTER
· -575 to -525
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)