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LOT 1497
Stone Age Polished and Knapped Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 - 5 1/8 in. (476 grams total, 69-128 mm).
Comprising an ovate scraper with old collector's label, a triangular-section leaf-shaped blade, a rectangular scraper and a polished axehead with inked inscription: 'L1956-15'. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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