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AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE
These lots have been imported from outside the EU … 顯示更多 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALTON EDWARD MILLS (1882-1970) Lots 1-59 Alton Edward Mills was born in England on 9th September 1883, spending his childhood in the south of England and attending Winchester College. At the age of 20, he left England for Egypt in order to work for an Egyptian company specialising in cotton production, the “Societé de Pressage et de Dépôts”. A. E. Mills was a keen amateur of Egyptology. He assembled a rich library on the subject and, in the years between the World Wars, acquired an important collection of ancient Egyptian objects, as well as building up a collection of Chinese porcelain. A. E. Mills was the managing director of the Societé de Pressage until 1946, when he became Chairman of the Board, a position which he held until 1956. It was in this year that the Suez War broke out and, in its wake, all British citizens were expelled from Egypt. Displeased at the prospect of returning to the English climate, he settled in Switzerland at La Tour-de-Peilz, where he spent the rest of his life.
AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE

PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
The curved blade smoothly polished on one face, ripple-flaked on the other, with a serrated cutting edge
8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) long
來源
Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.
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These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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