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 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)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 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)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
mid-5th 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)
470–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Attributed as Sub-Meidian Group
· early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Painter of London E 106
· 410–400 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Painter of London E 106
· 410–400 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Painter of London E 106
· 410–400 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Painter of London E 106
· 410–400 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
the Carlsruhe Painter
· 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Attributed as Manner of the Epeleios Painter
· late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
the Euaion Painter
· 460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Euergides Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Euergides Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Euergides Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Euergides Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Skythes
· 515–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Thalia Painter
· 520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Thalia Painter
· 520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Bowdoin-Eye Painter
· 520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Phintias
· 520–510 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Nikosthenes Painter
· late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
the Poseidon Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
6th/5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
first half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Skythes
· late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
RF
525–515 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Skythes
· late 6th century/early 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
late 6th century/early 5th century
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