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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]
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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