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LOT 1219
Stone Age Massive Implement Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 - 12 3/4 in. (3 kg total, 12.6-32.5 cm).
Comprising a massive axe-shaped stone implement trimmed by knapping, with two pecked and ground stone hand implements, possibly for use with a saddle-type stone quern. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
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From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. -
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Mousterian Period, circa 300,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'CHEVRIERE / OISE'. 112 grams, 10.8 cm
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Neolithic Period, 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
