A NEOLITHIC FLINT THIN-BUTTED AXE
DENMARK, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Mottled dark brown to gray in color, the surface roughly naped, of elongated trapezoidal form, tapering to the curved cutting edge
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long
Provenance
English Private Collection, 1992.
Lot Essay
For the type see no. 4.5ff in MacGregor, ed., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green.