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LOT 1622
Stone Age Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (30.9 grams, 67 mm).
A knapped bifacial knife, triangular point, traces of brown patina. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region, France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
Acquired on the European 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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Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £195
Including scrapers and other tools, with inked legend giving findspot and other information. 283 grams total, 27-64 mm
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