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LOT 1594
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.
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LOT 1594
Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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