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A print depicting a figurine of this color served as an oracle for the family of Captain HM Raleigh in a humorous Punch article. This color forms the background of an artifact whose opposite sides depict War and Peace, (15[1])with a king presiding at the top of three registers. A figurine of this color has a body decorated with lotuses and was discovered (15[1])with three broken legs. (15[1])The Met’s unofficial mascot, (*) William, (10[1])is a figurine of this color, achieved by glazing a quartz-based paste called faience (“fay-AHNS”). Alternating bulls and dragons decorate a structure (10[1])housed at the Pergamon Museum built from bricks of this color. A stone of this color imported from Afghanistan was used for the Standard of Ur and Ishtar Gate. For 10 points, gold on the mask of Tutankhamun alternates with stripes of what color made from lapis lazuli ■END■

ANSWER: blue [accept Egyptian blue; accept lapis lazuli until read; accept ultramarine; accept turquoise] (The first line is about how William the Hippo got his name.)
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