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LOT 2265

Maori Green Jade Axehead

EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

5 1/4 in. (195 grams, 13.3 cm).

Of tapering profile with curved edge and angled butt. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 2265

Maori Green Jade Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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