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LOT 253931
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.
Literature
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.
Footnotes
The weapon (or tool) belongs to the typology with rounded butt and convex sides. It is very common in the Neolithic Period of the British Isles.
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LOT 253931
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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