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LOT 1544
French Stone Age Framed Board of Mesolithic Tools
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN, CIRCA 14,000-6000 B.P.
12 3/8 x 9 in. (400 grams total, 31.5 x 22.7 cm including frame).
Impressive set of Mesolithic tool types presented on a framed board with title 'Outillage Mésolithique - Tardenoisien Department de l'Aisne (Fére en Tardenois)'.
Provenance
Found in the Tardenoisien Department, De Laisne, France.
Acquired on the UK 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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