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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0322

Large Stone Age Polished and Pierced Adze-Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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