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LOT 0338
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (852 grams, 17 cm).
With curved butt and convex sides, offset mounting hole. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.168, for type.
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