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LOT 1643

Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axehead

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.

3 3/4 in. (193 grams, 95 mm).

Triangular polished axehead with bifacial blade and pointed butt. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Rhone Valley 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1643

Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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