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LOT 1485
Stone Age French Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (113 grams, 82 mm).
With broad curved edge and rounded butt; scored. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Rivière sur Tarn, Aveyron, France.
Acquired in Oxford, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N176; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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