A MASSIVE SERPENTINE AXE HEAD China, presumably Neolithic Era. Of drop shape, the mottled green stone highly polished.

Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, old wear, minor nibbling to the edges.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.

Weight: 928.4 g
Dimensions: Length 26 cm