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LOT 1586
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC-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.
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