Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Greek; Athens

Date
about 540-530 BCE
Medium
terracotta, black-figure
Culture
Polis
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

This is an example of the most popular type of wine cup in ancient Greece, the kylix. Rising from a round foot and a thin stem, the cup flares out to a wide bowl with two handles on opposite sides. In the decorative band around the lip of this cup, a human figure in Grecian dress is depicted in the company of a lion.

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Object type
AAT300193015

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