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LOT 1552
French Stone Age Neanderthal Levallois Point
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (82 grams, 86 mm).
Triangular point with cortex; in old collector's sleeve with inked notation 'Mousterion . pink / a 8 kms north of Bergerac (Dordogne) around campsegret / [.] - 100,000 years old'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found 8km North of Bergerac, near Campsegret, Dordogne France.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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