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LOT 1639
Large Scandinavian Stone Age Polished Green Stone Thick-Butted Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
8 1/8 in. (749 grams, 20.8 cm).
Highly polished with slightly concave sides, square butt, chipped at butt and one end of blade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an Anglesey auction house, UK.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
Cf. Glob, P.V., Danske Oldsager: Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, items 232, 234.
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LOT 1639
Large Scandinavian Stone Age Polished Green Stone Thick-Butted Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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