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LOT 1484
Stone Age Arrowhead and Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (53.6 grams total including stand, 25-34 mm).
Including barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, chisel and oblate blade; all mounted on perspex display frames. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Adze
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Triangular in section with parallel sides, broad butt and edge; marked 'Troussencourt'. 248 grams, 12.5 cm
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 70,000-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Cordate in plan with finely worked edges. 240 grams, 12.2 cm
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