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LOT 0511
Egyptian Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.C.
5 in. (225 grams, 12.6 cm).
Lozenge-section knapped piriform handaxe; inked inscription 'NILE' to verso. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7, for type.
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