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
kylix
kylix
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Lydos
· -575 to -525
kylix
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMPANA P
· -525 to -475
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HEIDELBERG P by CALLIPOLITIS
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP (TEANO WARE, BLACK GLAZE)
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CAMIROS-PALMETTES, GROUP OF THE by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· -550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
kylix
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