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LOT 1589
Stone Age Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (318 grams, 12 cm).
Flaked cobble, lozengiform in section with broad butt and rounded point. [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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.22.
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