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LOT 0478
Egyptian Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-280,000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (380 grams, 14 cm).
Irregular in plan with biconvex section. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Egypt, North Africa.
From the British art market in the 1970s-1980s.
Acquired via inheritance, 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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