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LOT 1471
Stone Age Knapped Chert Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 - 4 in. (158 grams total, 9.1-10.1 cm).
Leaf-shaped flakes of curved profile, one with cortex to base; each with inked inscription: '#778', '#779' and '#784'. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Robert De Rustafjell (1876-1943), acquired in Thebes prior to 1909.
Deaccessioned from The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, New York.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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