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LOT 1572

French Stone Age Large Framed Board of 'Gravettian' Tools

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 35,000-25,000 YEARS B.P.

22 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (2.6 kg total, 57 x 47.5 cm including frame).

Framed display board with mounted types of tools referenced including 'Pointe de la Font Robert' and 'Pointe de la Gravette' and other types.

Provenance

Found La Gravitate, France.
Ex collection of MG Georgeon.
Ex collection of Madame C.
From an old Paris 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1572

French Stone Age Large Framed Board of 'Gravettian' Tools

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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