RARE EGYPTIAN HYKSOS BRONZE RING WITH ENGRAVED ANIMALS. Second Intermediate Period, Ca. 1790 - 1550 BC. A bronze ring with a slender round-section hoop expanding to a flat oval bezel engraved with two confronting animals. For similar see: A. Lansing, Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: A Picture Book, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940, f. 12. Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s;