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LOT 0337
Stone Age Danish Type Knapped Flint Dagger
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3950-3600 B.P.
5 in (52.65 grams, 12.8 cm).
With mottled grey patina and fossil inclusions, a waisted profile and a rounded tip.
ProvenanceFrom the Jutland area.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
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Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Cordate in profile with some cortex to the rounded butt; old collector's label 'Monte Grande / Ost van lago di Var[...] / an der Küste d[...] / Lago di Verano [...] / Gargonico'. 568 grams, 13.4 cm.
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Made from flint with a mottled grey and yellow patina.
