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LOT 1523
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-7000 B.P.
3 7/8 in. (131 grams, 97 mm).
Linguiform in plan, lentoid in section narrowing to a straight edge at the broad end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex French collection formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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