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LOT 1606
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1606
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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