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LOT 0333
Stone Age Danish Knapped Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (446 grams, 19 cm).
Square-butted elongated trapezoid, unpolished mottled brown flint, square in section tapering to a curved cutting edge.
ProvenanceEx J. Shaul collection, 2000s.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.5, for type.
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Stone Age Tenerian Culture Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 7500-5300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A large pecked and ground axehead with a curved cutting edge and a narrow rounded butt. 390 grams, 11.2 cm
From a private French collection formed in the 1960s–1970s. -
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Stone Age 'Swanscombe' Knapped Flint Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inked label 'Callands Lane / Oct 1994 / CW'. 208 grams, 10.9 cm
Found Swanscombe, Kent, UK. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Group of four trapezoidal axeheads, each with a gently curved cutting edge. 224 grams total, 39-70 mm
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.
