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LOT 1522
Stone Age Buigny Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 - 3 1/8 in. (148 grams total, 54-79 mm).
Large plano-convex tool with cortex to upper face and smaller tool with rounded edge; each with inked find spot 'Buigny'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Buigny, France.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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