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LOT 1522
Large Stone Age Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
7 1/2 in. (770 grams, 19 cm).
With straight tapering sides, broad edge and narrow butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection built in the mid 1900s.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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