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LOT 1512

Stone Age English Flint Mesolithic Adze

MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 10,000-8,000 B.P.

3 1/2 in. (103 grams, 91 mm).

Grey flint, lentoid in section with some cortex remaining; old collector's label 'ASH / 15.9.20'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Ash in Dorset, England, on 15 September 2020.
From the collection of B.M., an amateur archaeologist who built up a large self-found collection during the 2000s to 2020.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

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LOT 1512

Stone Age English Flint Mesolithic Adze

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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