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LOT 1127
Large Stone Age French Flint Polished Handaxe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (811 grams, 20 cm).
Substantial leaf-shaped blade with carefully worked and polished surface, rounded butt, some remains of cortex to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Clion, Indre, France.
Ex old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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