I-Hsuan Chen
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Lot 13
A NEOLITHIC BROWN STONE HAND AXE, BEN
Late Neolithic period
20 March 2023, 08:30 EDT
New YorkSold for US$6,120 inc. premium
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A NEOLITHIC BROWN STONE HAND AXE, BEN
Late Neolithic period
Of flattened oblong shape and bulging convex on the wide sides, the cutting edge bevelled on both sides and the butt end left blunt, the stone of deep purplish maroon color polished smooth.
4 1/4in (10.8cm) length; 2 3/16in (5.6cm) width
Of flattened oblong shape and bulging convex on the wide sides, the cutting edge bevelled on both sides and the butt end left blunt, the stone of deep purplish maroon color polished smooth.
4 1/4in (10.8cm) length; 2 3/16in (5.6cm) width
Footnotes
新石器時代晚期 石錛
Compare a stone axe of this type discovered at Zhangying, Changping district, a suburb of Beijing, illustrated in Changping Zhangying--Excavation Report on the Early Bronze Age Site at the Southern Foot of Yanshan Mountain, Beijing, 2007, pl. 19-6, with description and line drawings on p. 83, 77-4.
For further discussion on stone axes in the Neolithic period, see footnotes in lot 12.