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 rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
· 480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
· 490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
· 480–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment
BF
about 530–520 B.C.
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Attributed Douris
· 500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
500–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th–early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
490–470 BCE
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