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LOT 1704
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
3 - 4 in. (689 grams total, 7.6-10 cm).
Group of irregular worked stone blades with much cortex. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age 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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