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LOT 1558
Stone Age Tenerian Knapped Green Jasper Scraper
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
3 in. (3 3/4 in.) (52 grams, 75 mm (76 grams total, 95 mm including stand)).
Irregular discoid scraper with long cutting edge; supplied with a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Air Mountains, Mauritania, Northern Sahara, North Africa.
Acquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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