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LOT 0314
Stone Age Corded Ware Polished Battle Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LATE 5TH-EARLY 4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
9 in. (912 grams, 23 cm).
A large and finely formed boat-shaped axe in a dark diorite with asymmetric convex cutting edge tapering, with pronounced ridge to upper surface copying a bronze casting seam, to shouldered and rounded hammer-butt, pierced to receive handle with projecting socket to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12891-240326.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.333, for general form and no.486, for an example with collared butt.
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Stone Age Polished Flint French Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Scaphoid in section with irregular rounded butt and curved edge, polished; old find spot label 'Fontigny Lalbie'. 318 grams, 16.2 cm
Found east of Paris, France. From an old Parisian collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Scraper Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: discoid in plan with inked label 'Bricketwood Herts 17.7.1972'; ovate in plan with inked label 'South Wiltshire 1968', 'N8-75', (1) and (3); ovate in plan with cortex to reverse, inked label 'Wessex 1972 N*-74' and '4a' to reverse. 141 grams total, 55-70 mm
Found South Wiltshire 1968, Wessex 1972, and Bricketwood, Herts 17 July 1972. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Scandinavian Stone Age Polished Schist Pendant
Neolithic Period, circa 5500 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A long flat polished pendant or sharpener stone, hole to the apex, almost square blade to the end. 117 grams, 16.5 cm
From the South of Denmark. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
