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LOT 1566
Large Stone Age Pecked Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 3/4 inches. (1.271 kg, 22 cm).
Columnar in section with domed butt, narrow straight edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.6.
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Found by the River Yare, between Alvestone and Sandown, Isle of Wight, UK. Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Large Stone Age Oval Pecked Stone Macehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ellipsoid in plan with shallow socket to each face. 1.22 kg, 14.5 cm
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.
The opposed depressions imply that the creator had begun the process of making the vertical mounting socket. -
Stone Age Polished Tortoise Idol
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Plano-convex in section with tapering body and radiating limbs. 756 grams, 14.5 cm
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.
The sculptures represent farm animals in the Neolithic period. Animal figurines seem to be a recurrent feature in the earlier Neolithic settlements, in the Balkans and in the Levant. It is significant that in the Neolithic Mediterranean, the animals depicted seem to be domesticated, thus suggesting that its reference points were within the confines of the community.
