A rare Egyptian White Faience Vessel, Hyksos Period, ca. 1600 BCE Medium - Stucco crafted from fine gold alloy

crafted from fine gold alloy and designed to catch the light during ceremonial display

The vessel broadens from a wide opening to a flared shoulder

The fetish of Neith as amulet

accession number 1980

with modern 14K gold clasp and gold bead spacers

A rare Egyptian White Faience Vessel, Hyksos Period, ca. 1600 BCE Medium - Stucco crafted from fine gold alloyThis 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