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LOT 2924
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Ovate Flint Handaxe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (117 grams, 83 mm).
Leaf-shaped in plan and biconvex in section, raised at the centre.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2924
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Ovate Flint Handaxe
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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