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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.
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