The other colours before mentioned were in current use for not more than four or five centuries; that is to say, from the time of Ahmes I.to the time of the Ramessides.

It was then, and only then, that _ushabtiu_ of white or red glaze, rosettes and lotus flowers in yellow, red, and violet, and parti-coloured kohl-pots abounded.

The potters of the time of Amenhotep III.

affected greys and violets.

The olive-shaped amulets which are inscribed with the names of this Pharaoh and the princesses of his family are decorated with pale blue hieroglyphs upon a delicate mauve ground.