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LOT 1725
Stone Age Danish Flaked Flint Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1500 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (455 grams, 16.5 cm).
Narrow thick-butted with flared sides, rectangular in section with gently curved edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Danish collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Acquired on the European 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.12, for type.
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