Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-2200 B.P.

6 in. (411 grams, 15.2 cm).

Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches.

Provenance

Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, items pp.157ss., for several similar items.

CONDITION

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LOT 1578