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LOT 1695
Large Stone Age Flint Core from Spiennes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
7 1/8 in. (490 grams, 18 cm).
Showing the long flake removals which were then made into knives, tools and daggers; marked twice 'SP.' for the findspot 'Spiennes'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, 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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