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 A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
CUP KASSEL (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
ionian little-master cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VILLA GIULIA 3559, GROUP OF
· -550 to -500
ionian little-master cup
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
ionian little-master cup
ionian little-master cup
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
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
komast cup
komast cup
komast cup
komast cup
komast cup
komast cup
komast cup
kylix
kylix
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TLESON P
· -550 to -500
kylix
kylix
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)