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LOT 1474
Stone Age Polished Stone Chisel
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (343 grams, 16.6 cm).
With narrow conical butt and asymmetrical curved 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.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.6, for type.
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