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LOT 1747
Stone Age Long French Gravettian Thick-Crested Blade
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 35,000-25,000 B.P.
4 5/8 in. (71 grams, 11.8 cm).
Triangular in section with steep re-touch along the full length of the blade; old findspot label 'Romigny / Marne'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Romigny, France.
Ex old Paris collection.
Acquired on the UK 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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