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
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ionian little-master cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
FAINA 75, GROUP OF
· -500 to -450
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LOUVRE C 11266, P OF
· -500 to -450
ionian little-master cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LOUVRE C 11268, P OF
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LOUVRE C 11268, P OF
· -500 to -450
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)