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LOT 1440
Stone Age 'Danish' Knapped Flint Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 2500-1850 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (6 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) (33.47 grams, 10.9 cm (159 grams total, 15.6 x 13.2 cm including case)).
Trapezoidal polished knife with thick butt, two cutting edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx USA private 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 MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.191.
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