The face and hands are of turquoise blue; the head- dress is yellow, with violet stripes; the hieroglyphic characters of the inscription, and the vulture with outspread wings upon the breast of the figure, are also violet.

The whole is delicate, brilliant, and harmonious; not a flaw mars the purity of the contours or the clearness of the lines.
[Illustration: Fig.

233 .-- Interior decoration of cup, Eighteenth Dynasty.] [Illustration: Fig.

234 .-- Lenticular vase, glazed ware, Saite.] [Illustration: Fig.

235 .-- Chamber decorated with tiles in step pyramid of Sakkarah.] Glazed pottery was common from the earliest times.