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LOT 1576
Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (38 grams, 94 mm).
A knapped lozenge-shaped bifacial tool in light grey flint.
Provenance
Found Yonne, Bourgogne, Franche-Compte Region, France.
From a large French collection formed in the early 1900s.
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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LOT 1576
Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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