... the vast collection he formed and sold to the fledging Metropolitan Museum of New York. Over time, the number has diminished as a result of the 1906 earthquake, sales, and exchanges with sister institutions. The 2,000 examples that remain at the Center document the history of ceramic art on Cyprus for more than a millennium preceding the Roman era. Bernard Barryte, Chief Curator Egypt, Roubayat (Fayum)Portrait of ... and related objects. There is a strong emphasis on representations of the human form in the collection, and one central theme of the installation is the body as metaphor. In ...

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