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LOT 1721
Very Large Stone Age Knapped Blue-Grey Flint Scraper
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/4 in. (223 grams, 12.2 cm).
Triangular in plan with scooped point, cortex to one face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Caply, France.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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