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LOT 1496
French Stone Age Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (234 grams, 12.4 cm).
Biconvex in section with broad butt, 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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