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LOT 0322
Large Stone Age Polished and Pierced Adze-Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (664 grams, 18 cm).
The blade triangular in section with chamfered forward edge, slightly curved blade, tapering discoid body with sand-drilled socket. [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 4.178, for type.
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