,7o A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. been discovered with any attempt to portray an incident upon it. The figures are never united by a subject. Bouquets of lotus around some central motive are of most frequent occurrence (Fig. 296). Sometimes these flowers are combined with mystic symbols, like the eyes in Fig. 297. These designs, which are in black, are produced by inlaying coloured enamel. Two of the vases which we reproduce (Figs. 296 and 297) are similar to those shown in the bas-reliefs, in scenes of libation Fig. 293. — Gray earthenware. Boulak. Fig. 294. — The God Bes. Enamelled earthenware. to the Qfods or to the dead. Their form is that of the Greek j}id'r) and the Latin patera. Numerous bottles have also been found whose general shape exactly resemble that of the Greek apv^aWos (Fig. 298). The blue with which these objects are covered has often preserved a brilliance and transparency which could not even now be surpassed. Yellow, violet, and white glazes are also met with, but less frequently. The hieroglyphs which many of them bear prove that the manufacture of these little articles was in full
