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Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
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LOT 0307

Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-350,000 B.P.

5 7/8 in. (404 grams total including stand, axe: 15 cm).

Piriform in profile with broad butt; old collector's label '1899 / Eaux de l'Avre / Colombin / De[...]'; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

Found Eure et Loire, Eaux de L’Avre, Columbies, France, in 1892.
Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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.

Footnotes

Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.

CONDITION
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LOT 0307

Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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