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A Private New York Collection of Egyptian Art (Lots 1-13)
Lot 9*

Two Egyptian flint tools
2

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

£400 - £600

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Two Egyptian flint tools

Predynastic Period, circa 4th Millennium B.C.
9cm long max. (2)

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Provenance:
Leighton A. Wilkie (1900-1993) collection, USA, formed 1950s-1970s (inventory nos A10 and A14); likely acquired from Susette Khayat (Ancient Art Objects, 5050 Fifth Avenue, NY) in 1954 and listed in two letters from Khayat dated September 30th and October 4th 1954: 'four ancient Egyptian flint instruments'.
with Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.

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