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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]
ProvenanceFound 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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