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LOT 1498
Large Stone Age Polished Grey Stone Pierced Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (1.16 kg, 15.2 cm).
With hammer-face to the butt, thick edge, scooped rims to the socket. [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 4.166.
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LOT 1498
Large Stone Age Polished Grey Stone Pierced Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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