Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Handaxe

Egyptian Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Handaxe - Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C. Lozenge-section knapped piriform handaxe; inked inscription 'NILE' to verso. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7, for type. 225 grams, 12.6 cm (5 in.). From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]