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LOT 1619
Stone Age Flint Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000-4500 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (94 grams, 97 mm).
Knapped from high-quality glossy flint, with fine retouching; with old collector's label 'ASH / 28.4.19'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found in Ash in Dorset, England, on 28 September 2019.
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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