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FOUR HARDSTONE AXES
Lot 1728THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

FOUR HARDSTONE AXES

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, SOUTHEAST CHINA, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM BC

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FOUR HARDSTONE AXES
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, SOUTHEAST CHINA, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM BC
Each axe flares slightly towards the cutting edge and has a single hafting hole. Three of the axes are carved from stone of mottled pale grey tone, and the fourth from stone of even ivory-white color.
The largest, 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, cloth box

The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.