A rare Egyptian White Faience Vessel, Hyksos Period, ca. 1600 BCE Jewelry - Rings reinforcing the power of the

reinforcing the power of the king as divinely ordained

and a protruding headdress that mimics an avian crest

These elaborate details were the central focus

Chronology

The sculpture depicts two players on either side of an enormous ball

A rare Egyptian White Faience Vessel, Hyksos Period, ca. 1600 BCE Jewelry - Rings reinforcing the power of theThis rare thistleshaped vessel is executed in white faience and decorated in an umber pigment applied in vertical panels of zigzag motif. Directly beneath the lip is a narrow register of closely spaced vertical strokes, followed by a second band composed of zigzag ornament, a decorative schema seen in small faience wares of the Second Intermediate Period. The vessels refined form and pared ornament suggest it was intended as a votive or personal