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LOT 1572
Stone Age Speckled Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 - 3 1/8 in. (466 grams total, 65-79 mm).
Each lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad curved edge. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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