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LOT 1494
Large Stone Age Polished Black Stone Pierced Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (518 grams, 10.9 cm).
With broad butt and flat edge, deeply scooped profile to the socket rims; blade and butt chipped. [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 6.20, for type.
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