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LOT 0309
Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-350,000 B.P.
6 1/8 in. (669 grams total including stand, axe: 15.6 cm).
Substantial leaf-shaped type with some cortex to the butt; inked findspot 'St Même / Charente / Car Audouin (FR)'; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old large Belgian 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.
Footnotes
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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