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, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VILLA GIULIA 3559, GROUP OF
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BMN P
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
kylix
kylix
kylix
kylix
lip-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TLESON P
· -575 to -525
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)