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LOT 0324
Danish Stone Age Classic Thin-Butted Axehead with Sharpened Butt
EARLY TO LATE DOLMEN PERIOD, CIRCA 3700-3300 B.C.
8 1/4 in. (854 grams, 21 cm).
Lentoid in profile and rectangular in plan with curved butt sharpened to a second cutting edge, with superb colour. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.117., for type.
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LOT 0324
Danish Stone Age Classic Thin-Butted Axehead with Sharpened Butt
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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