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LOT 1981
French Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
4 in. (302 grams, 10.2 cm).
With pointed butt and broad cutting edge; inked findspot '26N Clansayes, Drome'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Clansayes, Drome, France.
From a collection acquired at Bonhams in the 2020s.
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