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LOT 1942
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Burin
GRAVETTIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 33,000-21,000 B.P.
3 in. (4.95 grams, 78.34 mm).
Slender and pointed with facets to the outer face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Le Groze - Du Tay.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
The Burin is a characteristic lithic tool of the Gravettian period.
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