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
figure; cup
CUP SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
cup
cup; mug
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
CUP (MINOAN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
BF
cup
cup
cup
CUP (MINOAN)
cup
cup
cup
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (MINOAN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
cup
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
cup
cup
cup
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
CUP (BOEOTIAN)
cup
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