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LOT 1505

Stone Age 'Calvados' Flaked Axe

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8000-3000 B.C.

5 1/4 in. (297 grams, 13.5 cm).

Triangular in section with broad cutting edge, old collector's label 'Hache Taillée / Roche Gréseuse / L14cm. Néolithique / Calvados / 8000 à 3000 AJC / Homo Sapiens Sapiens' [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Calvados, France.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.4, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1505

Stone Age 'Calvados' Flaked Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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