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CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
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A PALE GREYISH-GREEN HARDSTONE SLENDER AXE OR CHISEL
CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The thick, slender axe tapering to the softly beveled cutting edge, the hafting hole drilled from one side and 'pecked' from the other, with two now-opaque buff alterations in the somewhat luminous stone
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The thick, slender axe tapering to the softly beveled cutting edge, the hafting hole drilled from one side and 'pecked' from the other, with two now-opaque buff alterations in the somewhat luminous stone
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1977.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Gemma Sudlow
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