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LOT 1565
Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
MOUSTERIAN-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 80,000-5000 B.P.
2 - 2 1/2 in. (64 grams total, 49-65 mm).
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century.
From the family collection of a South East London collector.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
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Found Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK. -
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. 257 grams, 12 cm
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Stone Age Tenerian Green Jasper Knife
Tenerian Culture, circa 7,500-4,500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Leaf-shaped in plan and thin in section with rounded butt. 67.7 grams, 13.6 cm
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