An Egyptian Flint Blade
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An Egyptian Flint Blade
Predynastic Period, Circa 4th Millennium B.C.
Length 8 inches (20.5 cm).
Property from a Private West Coast Collection
Provenance:
Maurice Bouvier (1901-1981), Egypt until 1959; thence by descent to his son Jean-Francois Bouvier, Peseux, Switzerland.
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities, 16 September 2020, Lot 58 [part].
Exhibited:
Switzerland, Basel, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Egypt: Moments of Eternity, 18 March-13 July 1997.
Switzerland Geneva, Museum of Art and History, Rath Museum, 26 September 1997-11 January 1998.
Published:
M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Egypten - Augenblicke der Ewigkeit: Unbekannte SchEtze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz (Exhibition Catalogue), Mainz, 1997, no. 9B [part].
Predynastic Period, Circa 4th Millennium B.C.
Length 8 inches (20.5 cm).
Property from a Private West Coast Collection
Provenance:
Maurice Bouvier (1901-1981), Egypt until 1959; thence by descent to his son Jean-Francois Bouvier, Peseux, Switzerland.
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities, 16 September 2020, Lot 58 [part].
Exhibited:
Switzerland, Basel, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Egypt: Moments of Eternity, 18 March-13 July 1997.
Switzerland Geneva, Museum of Art and History, Rath Museum, 26 September 1997-11 January 1998.
Published:
M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Egypten - Augenblicke der Ewigkeit: Unbekannte SchEtze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz (Exhibition Catalogue), Mainz, 1997, no. 9B [part].
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An Egyptian Flint Blade
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