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LOT 1648
Homo Erectus Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (481 grams, 13.5 cm).
Lentoid in section and piriform in plan with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Africa.
Acquired on the UK 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.
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