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LOT 1209
Stone Age Polished Bretagne Stone Axehead
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 in. (220 grams, 13 cm).
Comprising a wedge-shaped, lentoid-section body; old hand written collection label: 'Douadic' to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceOld French collection until 2018.
Ex UK collection.
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Stone Age Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
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Finely polished in grey-green stone with asymmetric convex cutting edge curving to circular collared 'hammer' butt; pierced centrally to receive wood haft with shallow raised collar to underside. 565 grams, 13 cm
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London collector.
