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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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LOT 0289
Massive Stone Age Speckled Polished Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Stone Age Knapped Long Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mainly with one flat and one ridged face, rounded butt. 168 grams total, 33-52 mm
Found North Africa. UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age 'French' Knapped Grey Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 4000-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rectangular with broad butt and rounded edge, old handwritten collector's label. 499 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired 1940s-1960s from older collections, thence by descent. From the collection of Guy Dubois, Rouen, France. Ex Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Mixed group including leaf-shaped, barbed and barbed-and-tanged types, each with inked collector's number and card giving details of provenance. 33.2 grams total, 29-71 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification card.
