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LOT 1539
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/4 in. (257 grams, 12 cm).
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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