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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
AN IRISH BRECCIATED BLACK AND WHITE STONE MACEHEAD
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
AN IRISH BRECCIATED BLACK AND WHITE STONE MACEHEAD
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1⁄2 in. (11.4 cm.) long
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1⁄2 in. (11.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Said to have been found in Ireland.
Reverend Timothy Lee, Limerick, Ireland.
Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1812-1871); thence by descent.
with K.J. Hewett (1919-1994), London.
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (1942-2014), London, acquired from the above, 1977 or later.
Catalogue of Irish Silver, Antiquities, Glass, Decorative Arts and Paintings at Slane Castle, County Meath, Sotheby's, Ireland, 12-13 May 1980, lot 117.
with Peter Sharrer Ancient Art, New Jersey.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 21.
Reverend Timothy Lee, Limerick, Ireland.
Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1812-1871); thence by descent.
with K.J. Hewett (1919-1994), London.
Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (1942-2014), London, acquired from the above, 1977 or later.
Catalogue of Irish Silver, Antiquities, Glass, Decorative Arts and Paintings at Slane Castle, County Meath, Sotheby's, Ireland, 12-13 May 1980, lot 117.
with Peter Sharrer Ancient Art, New Jersey.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 21.
Literature
R. Herbet, "The City of Limerick Public Library and Museum," in North Munster Antiquarian Journal 2, 1940, p. 83, no. 57.
A. MacGregor, ed., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, p. 91, no. 6.15.
A. MacGregor, ed., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, p. 91, no. 6.15.
Exhibited
Limerick, The Limerick Public Library and Museum, 1911-1977.
Brought to you by
Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department