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LOT 1568
Stone Age Red Jasper Leaf-Shaped Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3500-1500 B.C.
3 in. (31.7 grams, 76 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan and plano-convex in section with rounded cutting edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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