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LOT 1634
Stone Age Flint Core
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (350 grams, 13.7 cm without stand).
Large lenticular-section and ovate in plan with inked legend 'Le Tillet-Vauharlin près La Ferté s/ Jouarre S.et M.'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Tillet, Vallharlin, France.
From a collection purchased on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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Plano-convex in section with intricate retouch around the majority of the piece; marked to the underside 'FP 1921 Fullbrook Farm'. 47.8 grams, 55 mm
Found Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With thick rear edge and carefully knapped angled cutting edges. 28.9 grams, 96 mm
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