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LOT 1541
South East Asian Ban Chiang Polished and Knapped Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 - 5 in. (314 grams total, 57-129 mm).
Comprising a polished lentoid-section blade, a pecked teardrop blade, a knapped lentoid-section blade and a long single-edged scraper; two with labels: 'Ban Chiang Neolithic / Stone Age Thailand'. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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LOT 1541
South East Asian Ban Chiang Polished and Knapped Tool Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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