Ancient Art, Antiquities & Coins
May 28, 2019
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United kingdom
The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT, United Kingdom
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LOT 515:
Neolithic British Boat-Shaped Axehead
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Start price:
£
90
Estimated price:
$100 - $140
Auction house commission:
30%
VAT: On commission only
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3rd millennium BC
A well formed pecked and ground boat-shaped axe in a dark crystalline quartzite with asymmetric convex cutting edge tapering to a rounded butt, drilled to receive handle. 680 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Fine condition.
Provenance
From the London collection of Aleksey Vinokurov, formed from the 1920s-1951; collection number 21, found near Kemble, Gloucestershire, UK, in 1947; accompanied by a copy of the collection inventory dated 1951.
Literature
See MacGregor, Arthur (editor), Antiquities From Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, no.40179 for generally similar example.
