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LOT 1644

Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe

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

5 3/4 in. (470 grams total including stand, axe: 14.5 cm).

Leaf-shaped in profile with rounded cutting edge, old inked find spot 'St Meme 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1644

Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £351

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