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LOT 1635
Sold for (Inc. bp): £514
STONE AGE 'SALISBURY' FLINT AXEHEAD
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (305 grams, 18.5 cm).
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (305 grams, 18.5 cm).
Knapped axe with slender butt.
PROVENANCE:
Found Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex collection of P James, South England.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
The beautiful slender form would suggest that it was not a functional axe but one for use during a ceremony, or used as a grave offering.
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AUCTIONS:
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