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LOT 2052
Chinese Polished Green Stone Tool Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
4 3/8 - 7 5/8 in. (880 grams total, 11.2 - 19.5 cm).
Comprising: a gouge with rounded cutting edge, axehead with pierced butt and spearhead with recessed neck. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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