... - but the majority are New Kingdom and later. The collection also includes a fine group of Coptic textiles acquired from the famous British archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie. A small group of Mycenaean, Geometric, Corinthian, red- and black-figure vases - many acquired in 1894 from the classical scholar Athanasios Rhousopoulos - represent ancient Greece. The Etruscans are represented by a small group of objects on loan ... of the "paint", thus creating art on the skin. The designs that appear after skilled fingertips paint the body canvases are often very different. From horizontal and ...

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