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LOT 1757
Stone Age Long Flint Knife Blade Group from Spiennes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
3 1/8 - 4 3/8 in. (152 grams total, 8-11 cm).
Slender flint blades, triangular in section with inked findspot legends 'SP.VII', 'SP.VVVIII' for Spiennes. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, 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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