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LOT 0276
Large Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
7 1/2 in. (9 1/8 in.) (527 grams, 18.5 cm (602 grams total, 23.2 cm including stand)).
Triangular in profile and lentoid in section with broad edge and pointed butt; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Ventoupe, France.
From the private collection of a late French gentleman collector.
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