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LOT 1288
Western Asiatic Stone Phallus Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 3/4 in. (1.76 kg, 22 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded cutting edge, carinated butt formed as a phallus. [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.
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