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LOT 1470
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 - 3 7/8 in. (461 grams total, 69-98 mm).
Including one with angled cutting edge, one with gouged blade, and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Adze
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Biconvex in section with narrow butt and broad edge; marked 'Troussencourt'. 188 grams, 12.7 cm
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