# Kylix (Drinking Cup)

- By: Ancient Greek (Greek; Corinth)
- Date: 560-550 BCE
- Medium: terracotta, black-figure
- Classification: Vessel
- Dimensions: 7 × 22.9 × 17.5 cm (2 3/4 × 9 × 6 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Corinth
- Credit line: Gift of Dr. Alfred Emerson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/71070)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/539f3594-56b4-f6c3-54b2-bf4b8554a135/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This handle area of this drinking cup is decorated, on both sides, with a bird with its head turned back (red dots on the neck), which is flanked by griffin-birds with raised wings (red necks). There is no decoration below the animal frieze. There is no decoration inside.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0