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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]
ProvenanceFound Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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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