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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1648

Homo Erectus Stone Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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