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LOT 0245
Large Danish Stone Age Neolithic Thin Butted Axe
DOLMAN PERIOD, 3700-3300 B.C.
7 1/8 in. (805 grams, 18 cm).
A finely knapped and polished axe with convex cutting edge and square sides in a grey chert; evidence of use as a 'strike-a-light' to the butt; old collector label '162' to face.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s.
French private collection before 2020.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.228, for type.
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Stone Age Neolithic Implement Collection
Circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A group comprising: the substantial tip of a finely knapped bifacial knife/dagger with old collector number '1966'; a small polished chisel with square sides and slightly convex cutting edge and a small axe with tapered sides and deeply convex cutting edge; the first two of Danish workmanship, the third possibly from further south. 130 grams total, 6.7-11.1 cm
Acquired 1990s. Private UK dealer. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
