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LOT 1639
Scandinavian Stone Age Flint Dagger
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (35 grams, 12.1 cm).
With fine parallel flaking, a notch either side at the base, inked old collector's number to one face: 'PHL303'.
ProvenanceFrom the South of Denmark.
Ex R Britton collection.
Acquired on the UK 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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