On my return to Luxor I found in an antiquity shop a whole string of them at 2_s._ each, the proprietor being open to a deal. They are made of soft material, _gir_, a kind of native mortar, and will stand very little rough usage. Most of the porcelain objects are supposed to date from the eighteenth dynasty, but up to the present I have not seen in any museum a genuine antiquity similar to the small blue vase. The possibility is that the Arabs may have one, which they are using as a pattern in the manufacture, or this style might even be a creation of their own. On the same Plate is a bottle (No. 1), with two handles, and two monkeys sitting on each side of the neck, also made of porcelain; but it has a thick glaze over it, and has been buried for some time in a heap of manure taken from the courtyard of the house, which was fresh enough for active chemical action to take place, and the effect of this is well shown on the bottle. Nos. 3, 7, and 8 are of the same period, and have a peculiarity common to the previous one also—namely, they are all extremely light in weight, and are made by the same maker. No. 2 is a jar with a handle, made of wood and painted. It is partly hollowed out, and the wood is new. [Illustration: A sealed jar, made of wood, and painted to represent stone; period, 20th dynasty. It was produced by the same maker as No. 2, Plate X.] The blue bowl (Plate X, No. 5) is very pretty. It was not made on a wheel, but modelled first and then glazed. The material is a soft brownish gir, or lime mixed with very fine sand. These bowls are very fragile, and are held together by the glaze. * * * * * On Plate XI we have some examples of blue porcelain. Nos. 1 and 9 represent the Goddess Taurt, who was usually shown as a hippopotamus, and was supposed to have been the wife of Set. No. 2 is an unusual form of jar with rudimentary spout. No. 3 is a small Anubis figure. No. 4 represents a porcelain boat with a ram’s head on the bow. No. 5 is a pectoral which was placed on the chest of the mummy, and should have a scarab in the opening. No. 6 is the girdle buckle of Isis, and was placed on the neck of the mummy. It is not correctly shaped and should not be cut straight off across the bottom. No. 7 is a small papyrus cup with reeds shown upon it, but very roughly done. No. 8 is a ram-headed hawk bearing the sun disk; it is composed of soft plaster painted over and very badly shaped. The above figures would be known as forgeries from the softness of the material used, and from the glaze being too glossy. [Illustration: A Hawk’s Head. The lid of a canopic jar.]