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LOT 1536
Large French Stone Age Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-250,000 B.P.
5 5/8 in. (642 grams, 14.4 cm).
With broad cutting edge and some cortex; inked legend 'Aisne / 17 NOV 1930 / M.AR'.
Provenance
Found Aisne, Hauts-de-France, 17 November 1930.
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.
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