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LOT 1560
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Adze
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (190 grams, 93 mm).
Cordiform in plan and lentoid in section with acute point; inked legend 'Caply' to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Caply, Northern France.
From the UK art market.
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Possible Stone Age Flint Core Group
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Comprising possibly one core, the other natural, one with inked collection number '4197/1/28' and the other with 'SNC. W.G.S. 882' and '4487/1/28'. 233 grams total, 62-81 mm
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Acquired in 1977 by the archaeologist owner from a private collection in Ohio, USA.
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
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