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Description : Egyptian Knapped Flint Axe, Late Neolithic to Pre-Dynastic period, ca. 6000-3500 B.C., the tool percussion flaked from a piece of brown flint. Percussion flaking was used to detach small flakes of flint from the upper surface by striking the flint with a hammerstone or other implement. Old collection sticker, number 382 attached to back. for related example see: Payne, Joan Crowfoot, Catalogue of the Pre Dynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Clarendon Press, 1993, and Needler, W. Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum (The Brooklyn Museum 1984), pp. 226, no.136. OUR GUARANTEE: We hereby certify the above item to be authentic and due diligence conducted to ensure stated provenance. We strictly adhere to the code of Conduct established by the Association of Dealers & Collectors of Ancient & Ethnographic Art and have established, to the best of our ability, the object has not been illegally obtained from the country of origin, excavation, architectural monument, public institution or private property. A Certificate of Authenticity is provided with every object.
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About the lot N° 105
Title : Egyptian Knapped Flint Axe, Period : Late Neolithic to Pr
Medium : Stone
Size : Height: 5 3/4 inches (14.6 cm)
Provenance : Bearing museum collection number: 59.327.4. Collection of Colonel Robert de Rustafjaell F.R.G.S., acquired prior to 1909, purchased at one of the Rustafjaell sales held in 1906, 1913 and 1915 by Gustave Maurice Heckscher who then donated to the museum founded by his father, de-accessioned by Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, New York, in 2012. Robert de Rustafjaell (1876-1943), Robert Fawcus-Smith, was a British collector and author who worked in Egypt as a geologist and mining engineer. After World War I, de Rustafjaell moved to the United States, where he lived under the name Col. Prince Roman Orbeliani.
Condition report : Intact and in excellent condition, with museum quality custom mount.
Sands of Time Ancient Art, auctioneer, Washington, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Young (and Young at Heart) Collectors Auction of Ancient & Asian Art
Sale date : 23 Mar 2019 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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