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
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–490 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–490 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
480–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)