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LOT 1500
Stone Age Pecked Hammer Stone Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 - 2 7/8 in. (1.18 kg total, 60-74 mm).
Comprising: three irregular spherical hammer-stones; cylindrical hammer with flat striking face. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.fore 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 6.23.
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