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LOT 1447
Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 5/8 in. (392 grams, 14.2 cm).
Rectangular in section with a square butt, gently curved polished edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Denmark.
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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.100, for type.
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