Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Flint Chisel

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2500 B.C.

6 1/2 in. (179 grams, 16.5 cm).

Thick bodied polished chisel with slightly convex cutting edge tapering out with knapped squared parallel sides to squared butt.

Provenance

Ex Jason Osborn, USA.
Ex Merriam collection, USA.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.

Literature

See Madsen, A. P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.29, for similar examples.

CONDITION

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LOT 0305