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)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second half of the 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
ca. 400 BCE?
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Antiphon Painter
· 490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
late 5th century BCE/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second half of the 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second half of the 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
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