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LOT 1675
French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (46.3 grams, 68 mm).
Tongue-shaped with broad edge, legend to underside 'Ventouse'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Ventouse, Charente Department of Nouvelle, Aquitaine, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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