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TWO PALE GREENISH-GREY STONE ADZES
NORTHERN CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
Each of very slightly flared shape, beveled on one side at the cutting edge, and with a stepped cut in the stone on the opposite side at the butt end, the stone of each fine-grained and striated, probably sedimentary stone
6 5/8 and 5 ¾ in. (16.8 and 14.5 cm.) long

Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 2000.
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