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LOT 1513
Stone Age Pecked Hammer Stone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (252 Grams, 7 cm).
Spherical with traces of pecked manufacture technique and old inked inscription: '874'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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, for a more developed example of the type.
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Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rectangular in plan and biconvex in section with old inked legend 'BUIGNY'. 149 grams, 97 cm
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Substantial cleaver, ovate in profile with rounded cutting edge, chipped from usage; grey flint with soft tan patination. 370 grams, 12.6 cm
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