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PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, LATE NAQADA II-III, CIRCA 3300-3000 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, LATE NAQADA II-III, CIRCA 3300-3000 B.C.
12 in. (30.6 cm.) long
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, LATE NAQADA II-III, CIRCA 3300-3000 B.C.
12 in. (30.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Reverend William MacGregor (1848-1937), Bolehall Manor, Tamworth, UK.
The MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 26th June - 3rd July 1922, Lot 1146.
with Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York and Paris, acquired in 1940.
The Ernest Brummer Collection of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities and Works of Art, Sotheby & Co, London, 1964, Lot 1.
Important Classical, Western, Asiatic and Egyptian Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 25 January 1979, Lot 100.
Australian private collection, acquired from the above sale.
The MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 26th June - 3rd July 1922, Lot 1146.
with Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York and Paris, acquired in 1940.
The Ernest Brummer Collection of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities and Works of Art, Sotheby & Co, London, 1964, Lot 1.
Important Classical, Western, Asiatic and Egyptian Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 25 January 1979, Lot 100.
Australian private collection, acquired from the above sale.
Special notice
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