ABSTRACT
NOT many periods in the history of Egyptian art were as colourful as late Dynasty XVIII. Bright-blue faience sphinx, yellow jasper lips, rainbow-coloured glass vessels, a young king's funerary furnishings inlaid with a kaleidoscope of rich and true colours - these are a few favourite things of that date. One of the most delightful moments of a 1975 visit to Edinburgh to meet Cyril Aldred was the discussion of the vibrant glass and glazed decorative arts of that period, which he himself had studied so carefully in his own early years. Cyril would have liked to know that our own studies of late Dynasty XVIII glasses and faiences have led to some intriguing results.
