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LOT 1427
Stone Age 'French' Knapped Grey Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4000-3000 B.C.
6 7/8 in. (499 grams, 17.5 cm).
Rectangular with broad butt and rounded edge, old handwritten collector's label. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1940s-1960s from older collections, thence by descent.
From the collection of Guy Dubois, Rouen, France.
Ex Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987,
item 4.2, for type.
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