A NEOLITHIC FLINT CORE
A NEOLITHIC FLINT CORE

LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY, CIRCA 8000 BCE

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A NEOLITHIC FLINT CORE
Le Grand-Pressigny, circa 8000 BCE
worked on one side, the core terminating in a point.
11in. (28cm.) long

拍品专文

Often called 'livres de beurre' because of their colour, cores such as this were worked by neolithic man to produced blade tools.