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Lot 117

A group of four Palaeolithic and three Neolithic stone and flint implements
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1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,200 - £1,600

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A group of four Palaeolithic and three Neolithic stone and flint implements
Circa 2000 B.C. and earlier
Comprising a pointed hand-axe of grey flint, with a patch of cortex remaining on one side, 12.5cm long; another grey-brown flint with large areas of cortex remaining on one side, 11cm long; a brown stone hand-axe of almost ovoid form, 13cm long; a core axe of grey flint, with curved cutting edge, 14.5cm long; a grey flint thin-butted axe of trapezoid outline, 9.5cm long; a polished thin-butted axe of cream-grey flint, trapezoid outline, 10cm long; and a large Nordic grey-black stone axe of lentoid form, with large shaft hole, 17cm long (7)

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired prior to 1986.

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