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LOT 1576
Stone Age Tool and Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 2 3/8 in. (127 grams total, 16-60 mm).
Including miniature pointed tools, discoid scrapers and other tools, mounted on stands. [21, No Reserve]
Provenance
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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