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LOT 0272
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GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940
£250 (EUR 289; USD 335) (+bp*)
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FRENCH STONE AGE 'HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS' COLOURFUL FLINT HANDAXE
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
4 in. (4 3/4 in.) (239 grams, 99 mm (282 grams total, 12.1 cm including stand)).
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
4 in. (4 3/4 in.) (239 grams, 99 mm (282 grams total, 12.1 cm including stand)).
Cordate in profile with deep orange, yellow and purple glossy patina; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
FOOTNOTES:
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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