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LOT 1603

Scandinavian Stone Age Sickle Knife

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.

5 1/4 in. (53.6 grams, 13.3 cm).

With long straight cutting edge and thick bowed back; old collector's label to one face with 'Plosset / See-Gut / Fehnen'; with handwritten note 'Cf. catalogue de l'exposition de Venise "Il Celti" p.199' and business card of Chauchoy with note in the same hand 'Pointe de javelot en silèx taillé, épopée néolitique garantie' and initials. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Philippe Chauchoy, Amiens, Northern France.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.

Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed information card from Philippe Chauchoy.

CONDITION

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LOT 1603

Scandinavian Stone Age Sickle Knife

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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