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LOT 0265
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 6.18-6.19-6.20-6.21, for type.
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LOT 0265
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£222 (EUR 258; USD 300) ‡+BP*
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