Stone Age Neolithic Polished Ceremonial Axe

CIRCA 10TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

8 in. (560 grams total, 20.3 cm high including stand).

A very finely polished axe with rounded sides tapering to a pointed butt with convex cutting edge in a mottled grey-green stone with white inclusions; with a custom-made wood stand bearing a label reading 'Neolithic Polished axehead 10,000-3,500 BC. / Originally from Musee Servaire. / Condat, France. Found in Brittany, Ploemel 1970s.' in three lines.

Provenance

Found Brittany, 1970s.
Acquired 2019 from Musee Servaire (Museum), Condat, France.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

Footnotes

The workmanship and quality in the polishing on this axe is beautifully achieved; such axes, especially when in exotic materials such as seen here, were most probably intended for presentation or ceremonial use and were widely traded.

CONDITION

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LOT 0248