ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FISHTAIL KNIFE
EGYPT, NAQADA I - II, C. 3500 - 3100 B.C.
£2,772
Classical Ancient Art // Form Through Time
Auction: Form Through Time - 21st March 2024 at 2pm
Description
knapped flint, the stone displaying a caramel and dark grey hue, the bifurcated cutting side with minutely serrated edges, a smooth edge to the lower section, displaying a fine and thin profile
Dimensions
11.4cm long
Provenance
Provenance:
Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland; thence by descent
Charles Ede, London, 2016
Private collection, United Kingdom; acquired from the above
Published:
Charles Ede Ltd., Catalogue 192 (London: 2016), pg. 6
Exhibited:
TEFAF, Maastricht, 11th March – 20th March 2016
Footnote
Literature:
Cf. Winifred Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum (New York, 1984), p. 267, no. 162