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LOT 1529
Large Belgian Stone Age Flint Blade
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (99.6 grams, 13.6 cm).
Tongue-shaped in plan and lentoid in section with rounded tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes.
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