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LOT 0306
Stone Age French Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (545 grams, 20 cm).
Bifacially knapped axe with convex cutting edge tapering with thin edges to a rounded butt.
Provenance
Artaud collection purchased in Aix en Provence in the 1970s.
with Millon Paris, France.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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