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LOT 1520
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC TO EARLY BRONZE AGE PERIOD, CIRCA 6000-4000 B.P.
7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (222 grams total, 19.6 x 19.5 cm including frame).
Mounted on a board in a square wooden frame with old collector's label 'Henouville 1951 MA'.
ProvenanceFound Henouville, France, in 1951, by a Mr M A.
From an old collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1520
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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