#aineta_aryballos

Aineta aryballos

Ancient Greek vase in the British Museum

The Aineta aryballos is an Ancient Greek aryballos, made in Corinth between approximately 625 and 570 BCE. Approximately 6.35 centimetres (2.50 in) in both height and diameter, it was intended to contain perfumed oil, and is likely to have been owned by a high-class courtesan by the name of Aineta, who may be portrayed in a drawing on its handle. The vase's illegal sale to the British Museum in 1865 led to the prosecution of its seller, the Athenian art dealer Athanasios Rhousopoulos, and exposed the latter's widespread involvement in antiquities crime.

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