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LOT 0315
Elegant Stone Age 'Salisbury' Slender Grey Knapped Flint Adze
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (147 grams, 14.4 cm).
Biconvex in section, long and slender with narrow butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found whilst fieldwalking in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.1, for type.
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LOT 0315
Elegant Stone Age 'Salisbury' Slender Grey Knapped Flint Adze
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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