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LOT 1454
Stone Age Polished Green Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (122 grams, 86 mm).
Teardrop-shaped with pointed butt and crescent cutting edge. [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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