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LOT 1521
French Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (280 grams, 11.3 cm).
Well made with a drop ovate form; inked legend ' St. Meme (FR / Charente / B. Amygdaloide / Acheuleen / Moyen'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old large French collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Well made with a Cordiform shape with small panel of cortex remaining, inked legend 'St. Même / Charente / Car. Audouin / (FR)'. 338 grams, 13 cm
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
