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-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK)
cup-skyphos
stemless cup; cup-skyphos
cup-skyphos
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC)
CUP (CALENIAN, RELIEF)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
drinking-cup
CUP, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK)
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
CUP (EAST GREEK)
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
drinking-cup
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -600 to -550
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
drinking-cup
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (VEIAN)
stemmed dish; drinking-cup
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