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Perhaps because the skyphos performed a similar function, stemless cups began only at the end of the sixth century B.C. and became popular during the second quarter of the fifth. They continued into the fourth century B.C., particularly in black-glazed examples.
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Title: Terracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Period: Classical
Date: 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); diameter 6 in. (15.3 cm); width with handles 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.162.223
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