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 (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP SKYPHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
lip-cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
RED-SWAN-GROUP
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP (MYCENEAN)
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP (MYCENEAN)
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
lip-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
lip-cup
lip-cup
lip-cup; siana cup
lip-cup
lip-cup
little-master cup
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)