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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]
Provenance
Found 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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