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LOT 1648
Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-350,000 B.P.
7 in. (933 grams total including stand, stone: 18 cm).
Substantial hand tool with some cortex to the butt; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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