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LOT 1735
Stone Age French Stone Loom or Fishing Weight
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (623 grams, 15 cm).
Tongue-shaped in profile with chamfered lower edge, circular ground hole for suspension, abraded upper edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found east of Paris, France.
From an old Paris collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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