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LOT 0246

Sold for (Inc. bp): £546

LARGE DANISH STONE AGE NEOLITHIC THIN BUTTED AXE
DOLMAN PERIOD, 3700-3300 B.C.
8 in. (767 grams, 20.5 cm).

A deeply knapped and part polished axe with square sides and convex cutting edge, this edge with contemporary re-working by knapping, in grey chert; with old collector labels '186' and 'Danewerk lumb 2000' to faces.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980s.
French private collection before 2020.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.228, for type.

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