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LOT 1563
French Stone Age Flaked Axehead from Brecy
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (154 grams, 12.1 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded blade. old collector's label 'Brecy'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old large French collection.
Acquired on the European 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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