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LOT 1475
Large Stone Age Knapped Black Stone Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
7 7/8 in. (668 grams, 20 cm).
With broad cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in section; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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