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LOT 1765
Large Stone Age Polished Stone Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (594 grams, 18.5 cm).
Lentoid in section with broad square butt and curved edge, finely polished. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old Parisian collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.36, for type.
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