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LOT 1559
Large Scandinavian Stone Age Trechter Beyer Type Flaked Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (467 grams, 18.5 cm).
Worked and unpolished on all surfaces and edges, trapezoidal in plan with rectangular cross-section and slightly convex broad sides, straight narrow sides; thin butt rounded and with reduced thickness; rounded cutting edge; dark beige 'marbled' flint with inclusions. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the South of Denmark.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.76, for type.
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LOT 1559
Large Scandinavian Stone Age Trechter Beyer Type Flaked Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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