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LOT 1213
Stone Age Neolithic Ceramic Spindle Whorl Group
CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 - 1 3/4 in. (81 grams total, 26-44 mm).
Illustrating a range of forms: a coin-shaped example with bifacial floral motif; a domed example; a 'melon' style biconvex whorl with raised ribs; a carinated squared-shaped whorl; each with central vertical hole. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old family property, acquired before 1980.
Ex the Bavarian private collection of K.F.
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