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LOT 1505

Large Stone Age Oval Pecked Stone Macehead

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 3/4 in. (1.22 kg, 14.5 cm).

Ellipsoid in plan with shallow socket to each face. [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.

Footnotes

The opposed depressions imply that the creator had begun the process of making the vertical mounting socket.

CONDITION

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LOT 1505

Large Stone Age Oval Pecked Stone Macehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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