Shape
Kylix
κύλιξ
214 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
214 examples
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Kylix
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th–3rd century BCE
Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
late 4th–3rd century BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
ca. 330–300 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
ca. 330–300 BCE
Cup, miniature
3rd–2nd centruy BCE
Cup, miniature
3rd–2nd century BCE
Cup, miniature
3rd–2nd century BCE
Cup, miniature
3rd–2nd century BCE
Terracotta cup
early 3rd century BCE
Terracotta cup
ca. 200–150 BCE
Terracotta cup with appliqués
ca. 150–100 BCE
Terracotta cup with appliqués
ca. 150–100 BCE
Terracotta beaker
late 1st century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an Arretine cup with satyrs
Terracotta cup
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta cup
late 1st century BCE
Terracotta cup
20 BCE–CE 20
Terracotta cup
ca. 15–1 BCE
Terracotta bowl
1st half of 1st century CE
Fragmentary terracotta bowl
1st century CE
Terracotta modiolus (drinking cup)
ca. 5–40 CE
Terracotta modiolus (drinking cup)
ca. 5–40 CE
Terracotta beaker
ca. 10–15 CE
Terracotta cup with barbotine decoration
mid-1st century CE
Terracotta cup
ca. 70–150 CE
Terracotta one-handled cup
late 1st century CE
Fragmentary terracotta cup
2nd century CE
Terracotta cup
ca. 100 CE
Lead-glazed stemmed cup
3rd century CE
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