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LOT 1524
Danish Stone Age Mesolithic Flaked Adze
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 10,000-6000 B.C .
5 1/8 in. (268 grams, 13.1 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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