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LOT 1554

French Stone Age Mousterian Levellious Point

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

33/8 in. (84 grams, 85 mm).

With deep orange patination, classic triangular shape; inked legend '2922' to tip. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex 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.

Footnotes

Made by Neanderthals.

CONDITION
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LOT 1554

French Stone Age Mousterian Levellious Point

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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