A NEOLITHIC BROWN STONE HAND AXE, BEN Late Neolithic periodA NEOLITHIC BROWN STONE HAND AXE, BENLate Neolithic periodOf 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.