Stone Age Polished Stone Flataxe

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 in. (357 grams, 14 cm).

With long square-ended butt, slightly lenticular-section body expanding to a broad curved cutting edge; smooth polished finish; small repair. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination.
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. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.WG.1541.

Footnotes

Axes of this type were produced in the later Neolithic by expert knappers and polishers; these designs influenced early Bronze Age products such as the flat axes which eventually developed into palstave axeheads.

CONDITION

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LOT 1464