Lot Essay
Item one: cf. Sotheby's New York, 20 June 1990, lot 26 for a smaller example of the type.
FIRST HALF OF 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC BRECCIA AXE HEAD
FIRST HALF OF 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
With crescentic blade and long tang, repaired; and a Predynastic mottled black breccia mace head with central attachment shaft, second half of 4th millennium B.C.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long and 2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
FIRST HALF OF 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
With crescentic blade and long tang, repaired; and a Predynastic mottled black breccia mace head with central attachment shaft, second half of 4th millennium B.C.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long and 2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
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