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LOT 1604
Stone Age Flaked Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (248 grams, 13 cm).
Knapped mottle grey/brown, the unusual shape shows how it would of been hafted around the waist. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dordogne Region, France.
From an old large French collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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