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
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
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)
the Painter of London E 106
· 410–400 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
470–460 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
RF
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
470–460 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 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)
the Orleans Painter
· 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)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
460–450 BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)