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LOT 1535
Stone Age 'Buigny' Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2000 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (149 grams, 97 cm).
Rectangular in plan and biconvex in section with old inked legend 'BUIGNY'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Buigny, Northern France.
Ex old French collection.
Acquired prior to 2000.
From a private Norfolk, UK, collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.11, for type.
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