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LOT 0318
Exceptional Neolithic Flint Dagger
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (6 3/4 in.) (49 grams, 14.5 cm (83 grams total, 17 cm including stand)).
Finely knapped lentoid-section dagger with lateral recesses and square butt; old collector's label '281'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollection of Monsieur F.B.(1950-2009), Normandy, France.
Subsequently French art market, 2021.
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under reference Den.261.
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