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LOT 1474

Large Stone Age Knapped Grey Stone Crescent-Shaped Cleaver

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.

8 1/4 in. (923 grams, 21 cm).

Substantial lozenge-section cleaver with curved outer edge. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1474

Large Stone Age Knapped Grey Stone Crescent-Shaped Cleaver

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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