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LOT 1538
French Stone Age Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
4 in. (141 grams, 10.3 cm).
Tongue-shaped in plan with rounded tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bois du Vernay, Rigny-sur-Arroux, France.
From a collection built in the mid 1900s.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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