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LOT 1544
Large Belgian Stone Age Flint Crested Blade
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (86.3 grams, 15 cm).
Triangular in section with curved tip, square butt. [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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