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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CUP (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix; skyphos
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kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
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kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
kylix
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)