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LOT 1473
Stone Age Lakenheath Knapped Stone Tool Group
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 - 4 in. (596 grams total, 8.9-10.3 cm).
Group of three hand-axes; one with black inked inscription: 'ADZE / LAKENHEATH / 1974'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lakenheath, UK.
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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