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LOT 1575

Large Stone Age Knapped Ovate Grey Stone Handaxe

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 3/8 in. (135 grams, 11.1 cm).

Biconvex in profile and almost perfectly circular in plan. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.18, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1575

Large Stone Age Knapped Ovate Grey Stone Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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