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LOT 1762
Large Stone Age Green Jasper Axe Head from Niger
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 5/8 in. (231 grams, 14.2 cm).
Scaphoid in section with parallel sides and broad rounded cutting edge to each end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Niger, North Africa.
From an old Paris collection.
Acquired on the European 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.
Footnotes
Very well preserved with a deep green patina from being exposed for a period of time to the sun and sand storms of North Africa.
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