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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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LOT 1721

Very Large Stone Age Knapped Blue-Grey Flint Scraper

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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