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Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Stone Axehead
Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Stone Axehead
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Neolithic Period, circa 5th millennium B.C. Rectangular in section with a square butt, gently curved polished edge. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.100, for type. 392 grams, 14.2 cm (5 5/8 in.).

Found Denmark. From 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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Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Stone Axehead

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