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LOT 0322
Stone Age Polished Stone Handaxe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (426 grams, 17.8 cm).
With gently curved cutting edge, shallow pointed butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a very old 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. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.150.
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