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Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C. Carefully knapped with the scars where several large flakes were struck off, to form a beautifully prepared prismatic core which differs in the way it was produced to a more typical livre-de-beurre. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.35, for type. 296 grams, 10 cm (4 in.).
Found France. 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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Found France. 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.
[No Reserve]
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Stone Age French Grand-Pressigny 'Prismatic Core' Knapped Flint Core
Estimate £50 - £70
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TimeLine Auctions Antiquities Sale - Day 3
Harwich, Essex, UK
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