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Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead
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LOT 1579

Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.

4 1/8 in. (130 grams, 10.6 cm).

Finely worked blade with inked collector's note to one side.

Provenance

Found Oigny En Valois, France.
From an old large French collection.
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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LOT 1579

Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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