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LOT 0315
Stone Age Fatyanovo Polished Battle Axehead with Bear's Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
7 in. (7 1/4 in.) (647 grams, 17.7 cm (1.15 kg total, 18.5 cm including stand)).
Knapped and polished axehead with rounded body, narrow edge to the blade, butt formed as a bear's head with small ears; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
From the private family collection of a lady, UK; acquired in Germany mid 20th century.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12826-241077.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Krainev D. A., The earliest history of the Volga-Oka interfluve. Fatyanovo culture, (in Russian), Moscow, 1972, fig.1,1, for similar polished axe.
Footnotes
The Fatyanovo culture developed on the north-eastern edge of the Middle Dnieper culture around 2900 BC, probably as a result of a mass immigration of Corded Ware people from Central Europe.
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LOT 0315
Stone Age Fatyanovo Polished Battle Axehead with Bear's Head
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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