Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN GRANITE MACE HEAD


EGYPTIAN GRANITE MACE HEAD - Predynastic Period, Ca. 3600 - 3100 BC. A granite mace head with a broad, rounded top and tapering lower section terminating in a cylindrical socket for hafting.For similar see: Christies's, Live Auction, 10372, Antiquities, Lot. 6Size: 50mm x 50mm; Weight: 170gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.