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LOT 0324
Stone Age French Grey Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (467 grams, 15.3 cm).
Biconvex in section with broad cutting edge, tip of butt absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound France.
Acquired from older collections, 1940s-1960s; and thence by family descent.
From the collection of Guy Dubois, Rouen, France.
Ex Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.1, for type.
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Stone Age French Grey Knapped Flint Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Biconvex in section with broad cutting edge, tip of butt absent. 467 grams, 15.3 cm
Found France. Acquired from older collections, 1940s-1960s; and thence by family descent. From the collection of Guy Dubois, Rouen, France. Ex Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
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