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LOT 1470
Stone Age Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (543 grams, 17 cm).
Finely polished, lentoid in section with broad cutting edge; some chipping to edge, butt absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.1, for type.
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Stone Age Speckled Stone Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two with straight cutting edge, one with broad butt, one pointed and the third domed. 285 grams total, 56-65 mm
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Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm
Private collection, Raguse, Switzerland. with Kölner Munzkabinett, Germany, before 2016. Private European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the 2016 invoice.
