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LOT 1915
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from the Thames Valley
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550,000-300,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (94 grams, 87 mm).
Thin cordate form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with an old collector's note 'Achulean Handaxes of the Lower Palaeolithic Period. Age 250,000-100,000 BC. Flint: occurs in chalk 80,000,000.' [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Thames Valley, UK, on 3rd of April 1960.
Accompanied by an original, old handwritten note.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection in the 2020s.
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LOT 1915
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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