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LOT 1571

French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Racloir

MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P

3 3/4 in. (66 grams, 94 mm).

Very well formed example with neat retouch, cortex to trailing edge; inked legend 'Plazac / Dord)'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found in the Dordogne, France.
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

Made by Neanderthals.

CONDITION

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LOT 1571

French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Racloir

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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