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LOT 1597
Stone Age Speckled Stone Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 - 2 5/8 in. (285 grams total, 56-65 mm).
Two with straight cutting edge, one with broad butt, one pointed and the third domed. [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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Large Stone Age Knapped Ovate Chert Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ovate in plan and biconvex in section, from a large flake. 312 grams, 12.4 cm
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. -
Stone Age Polished Basalt Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ellipsoid in section with rounded butt, curved and polished cutting edge. 587 grams, 14 cm
Possibly Scottish. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N194; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Polished Green Stone Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Fully polished; with old collector's label 'Collection Boisgonlier' and inked accession number to reverse '[..]1014[..]'. 118 grams, 83 mm
Found France. From the Boisgontier collection, Germany. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
