Attic black-figure oinochoe from the circle of Lydos that belonged to Rachel

This form of vase takes its name from its purpose to contain wine that was served at banquets. The black-figure decoration, typical of the archaic period to which it belongs, is treated in the style of the great painter Lydos, a major protagonist of Athenian ceramics around 530 BC.
The limited scene in a horizontal format painting represents five ephebes in conversation, some nude, others covered with a himation decorated with rosettes of dots.
The foot of the vase presents an ex-libris by the famous tragedian Rachel Félix: A capital "R" surrounded by a belt with its motto "All or nothing"
Other marks (numbers in ink) appear under the foot attesting to earlier sources. This is probably a present taken from one of the great collections of antiques of the time. Greek vases were at that time the privilege of a cultivated and literate high society. At Rachel's, they were of particular interest, evoking the original setting of the ancient tragedies she performed in the theater.
The description of the tragedian's Pompeian dining room indicates "Etruscan" vases (this is still the name that Greek vases were referred to as they were generally found in Italy).

Old restorations at the neck and at the edge of the foot