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LOT 1498
Stone Age 'Normandy' Knapped Flint Pick
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6000-4000 YEARS B.P.
5 3/7 in. (196 grams, 13.7 cm).
Square in section with rounded butt, cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Normandy, France.
From a French collection formed in the 1960s.
Acquired on the French art market.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Stone Age 'Normandy' Knapped Flint Pick
Neolithic Period, 6000-4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Square in section with rounded butt, cortex remaining. 196 grams, 13.7 cm
Found Normandy, France. From a French collection formed in the 1960s. Acquired on the French art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
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