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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]
Provenance
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.
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