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
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VIRGINIA P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
NICOSIA C 975, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SEGMENT CLASS
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SEGMENT CLASS
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SEGMENT CLASS
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SEGMENT CLASS
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SEGMENT CLASS
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SEGMENT CLASS
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
NIKOSTHENES P
· -550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, WHITE SLIP WARE)
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup; skyphos
ionian cup
ionian cup
ionian cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
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