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LOT 1535
Large French Stone Age Flint Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
6 in. (760 grams, 15 cm).
Very substantial in size with cortex to the rear and inked legend 'Biface Coa[...]forme' / St Meme / Charente (FR)'.
Provenance
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
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
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
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