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LOT 1533
Stone Age Polished Axe-Hammer
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 7/8 in. (689 grams, 15 cm).
With narrow blade and rounded butt. [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.
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