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LOT 2908
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 1/2in. (180 grams, 13.9 cm).
Tongue-shaped in plan with one rounded and one flat end.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2908
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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