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LOT 1464
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.WG.1541.
FootnotesAxes 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.
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