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LOT 1515
Stone Age 'Buigny' Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2000 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (197 grams, 12 cm).
Round-butted axehead with cortex to edge and both faces; marked 'BUIGNY'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7. for type.
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