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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.
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