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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]

Provenance

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.

Footnotes

Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.

CONDITION

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LOT 1521

French Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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