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LOT 1750
Stone Age Danish Flaked Thin-Butted Flint Axe
LATE PASSAGE GRAVE-EARLY DOLMEN PERIOD, 3900-3000 B.P.
8 in. (629 grams, 20.5 cm).
Rectangular in section with asymmetrical rounded butt, worked rounded edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from a Swedish auction house.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the Swedish Cultural Heritage Board export licence.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.69, for type.
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