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LOT 0275
Very Large Danish Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
EARLY TO LATE DOLMEN PERIOD, CIRCA 3700-3300 B.C.
8 5/8 in. (9 1/8 in.) (739 grams, 22 cm (848 grams total, 23.2 cm including stand)).
Thin-butted and of Nielsen Type III with straight sides and regularly rounded ends; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Previously in the ownership of a Danish gentleman.
Acquired at Braun Rasmussen Auction House (part of Bonhams) in the 2020s.
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