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LOT 0289
Massive Stone Age Speckled Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
153/8 in. (3.17 grams, 39 cm).
With rounded cutting edge and almost-circular shank, thin pointed butt. [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 4.154, for type.
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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.
