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LOT 0330
Attractive Stone Age 'Dordogne' Orange-Brown Chalcedony Bifacially Worked Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (332 grams, 12 cm).
Ovate cleaver with small portion of cortex to the butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, 1.9, for type.
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LOT 0330
Attractive Stone Age 'Dordogne' Orange-Brown Chalcedony Bifacially Worked Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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