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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.
ProvenancePreviously in the ownership of a Danish gentleman.
Acquired at Braun Rasmussen Auction House (part of Bonhams) in the 2020s.
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Large Belgian Stone Age Flint Crested Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curved tip, square butt. 86.3 grams, 15 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. -
Very Large Danish Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
Early to Late Dolmen Period, circa 3700-3300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Thin-butted and of Nielsen Type III with straight sides and regularly rounded ends; mounted on a custom-made stand. 739 grams, 22 cm (848 grams total, 23.2 cm including stand)
Previously in the ownership of a Danish gentleman. Acquired at Braun Rasmussen Auction House (part of Bonhams) in the 2020s. -
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. 257 grams, 12 cm
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