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
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
vessel; cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (ITALIAN IRON AGE)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
cup
cup
cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
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