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LOT 1732
Stone Age Danish Flint Tool and Fragmentary Axe Head Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3500-2200 B.P.
2 5/8 - 7 1/2 in. (1.48 kg total, 6.7-19 cm).
The largest piece a superbly flaked axehead worked from a grey chert (known as Danien flint); various scrapers and blades. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a British private collection, collected during the 1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1732
Stone Age Danish Flint Tool and Fragmentary Axe Head Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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