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LOT 1727
Stone Age Polished Axe Head and Scraper Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 1/8 - 5 in. (849 grams total, 10.6-12.9 cm).
Comprising: a small polished hand-axe, possibly worked from dolerite, with well preserved cutting edge; a large and beautiful scraper made from translucent white chalcedony. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Axehead found Isle d'Oleron, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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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