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LOT 1261
Stone Age French Grey Flint Polished Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (211 grams, 11.1 cm).
Roughly oval in plan, tapering towards the butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex M.B. Abrams.
The property of Richard Britton.
From a U.S.A. private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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