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LOT 1470
Stone Age Axe-Shaped Mortar
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 50,000-12,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (757 grams, 13.5 cm wide).
Sandstone boat-shaped mortar with upwardly curved peak, central socket; mounted on a custom-made stand with ol collector's label 'NorthWestern Sahara / Upper Palaeolithic'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the North West Sahara.
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.
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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