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LOT 1594
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 - 3 3/8 in. (478 grams total, 76-86 mm).
Each lentoid in section with rounded butt and thick edge. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Africa.
Ex Ian Richardson collection, Sunderland, UK.
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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