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LOT 1545
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (656 grams, 14.8 cm).
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; domed hammer-face to butt, carination to each broad face.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1545
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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