Four Paleolithic Flint Hand Axes

Egypt, Middle Paleolithic, Circa 250,000-30,000 Years Ago

Length of longest 5 7/8 inches (14.92 cm).

Provenance:

Excavated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the Egyptian Expedition (1906-1935), deaccessioned in the 1950s.

Dr. Carlo T. Gay, Italy & New York; thence by descent to Robin Oliver Gay, 1950s-1998.

Private Collection, New York, where acquired from the above.

with Colnaghi Gallery, New York, 2023 (Carved Stones from Prehistory: The Art of Early Toolmaking, no. 8).

[Three inscribed with black ink: "EGT105", "EGT113", and "EGT121"]

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Four Paleolithic Flint Hand Axes

Egypt, Middle Paleolithic, Circa 250,000-30,000 Years Ago

Length of longest 5 7/8 inches (14.92 cm).

Provenance:

Excavated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the Egyptian Expedition (1906-1935), deaccessioned in the 1950s.

Dr. Carlo T. Gay, Italy & New York; thence by descent to Robin Oliver Gay, 1950s-1998.

Private Collection, New York, where acquired from the above.

with Colnaghi Gallery, New York, 2023 (Carved Stones from Prehistory: The Art of Early Toolmaking, no. 8).

[Three inscribed with black ink: "EGT105", "EGT113", and "EGT121"]

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