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LOT 1637
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-Comté 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.
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LOT 1637
Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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