Oldest kylikes

Oldest kylikes ranked by inception.

Last updated . Source: Wikidata.

As of 2026-10-12, Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup) tops the list with 601 BC.

  1. #1 Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup) — 601 BC

    kylix, band-cup at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET, 17.230.5)

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  2. #2 Arkesilas Cup — 561 BC

    name vase of the laconian Arkesilas Painter

    The Arkesilas Cup is a kylix by the Laconian vase painter known as the Arkesilas Painter, whose name vase it is. It depicts, and is thus named after, Arkesilaos II, king of Kyrene and is dated to about 565–560 BC. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  3. #3 Coupe à l'oiseleur — 551 BC source Wikidata
  4. #4 Dionysos Cup — 541 BC

    Kylix made by potter-painter Exekias; one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek vase painting

    The Dionysus Cup is the modern name for one of the best known works of ancient Greek vase painting, a kylix dating to 540–530 BC. It is one of the masterpieces of the Attic black-figure potter Exekias and one of the most significant works in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 Kylix-MCH 3315 — 510 BC

    Kylix with dionysiac feast on both sides, with a bearded Dionysius holds a drinking horn, a satyr on a donkey, a maenad driving a four-horse chariot and a hoplite, and with a satyr on the inside

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  6. #6 Terracotta kylix — 510 BC

    kylix, eye-cup at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET, 56.171.61)

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  7. #7 Attic red-figure kylix — 506 BC

    artwork of the Louvre Museum

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  8. #8 Theseus and Sinis — 501 BC

    kylix by the Elpinikos Painter

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  9. #9 Maenad and Panther — 501 BC

    kylix by the Brygos Painter

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  10. #10 Attic red-figure cup — 501 BC source Wikidata