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Lot 262

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian Predynastic green schist palette
Naqada II, circa 3200 B.C
In the form of a fish, the fins with serrated edges, the details of the open mouth and tail cut-out, the eye pierced, another piercing below for suspension, 5in (12.8cm) long

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Provenance:
German private collection, the Ruhr, acquired in the 1970s.
Edward J. Smith Collection, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA, prior to the 1970s.

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