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LOT 1503
Large Stone Age Set of Blade Tools Including Bi-facially Worked Knife from Lincolnshire
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 YEARS B.P.
2 - 4 3/4 in. (84 grams total, 5.1-12 cm).
With inked accession numbers 'BBMI/23.9.83', 'BBM2/18.9.83', 'BBM2/22.4.86', BBM2/24.3.86'. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Ex amateur archaeologist.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1503
Large Stone Age Set of Blade Tools Including Bi-facially Worked Knife from Lincolnshire
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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