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LOT 1539
French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Racloir
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P
3 3/4 in. (59 grams, 97 mm).
Very well formed example with neat retouch, some cortex, inked legend 'Plazac / Dord'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
Made by Neanderthals.
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