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LOT 1660
Stone Age Discoid Flint Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
2 1/4 in. (56 grams, 59 mm).
A finely knapped discoid knife with a recess for a grip, some dark orange patina. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the excavations at Farnham.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist 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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