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LOT 0454
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Ovate Hand Axe from Thebes
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-35,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (325 grams, 95 mm).
Biconvex in profile with broad cutting edge; marked in ink 'W Thebes 1912' and old paper label 'A.D Passmore (ex Sotheby) P.A. Clayton Colls'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the desert west of Thebes, Egypt, 1912.
Ex A.D. Passmore collection.
Acquired from Sotheby's, 16 June 1959 (part), £4.10.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten identification card written by Peter Clayton.
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LOT 0454
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Ovate Hand Axe from Thebes
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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