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LOT 0323
Large Stone Age Classic Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 480,000-250,000 B.C.
9 1/4 in. (11 in.) (701 grams, 23.5 cm (898 grams total, 28 cm including stand)).
Lentoid in section with narrow pointed butt and broad curved cutting edge; carefully knapped to a beautifully regular profile and wonderful patination; old inked inscription 'Abilly - 1926- / La Princerie'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Abilly la Princerie, France, 1926.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.1, for type; item 1.27 in the same collection is from Abilly, the find spot of the present piece.
Footnotes
Abilly is in the region of Grand Pressigny, Indre et Loire département, France. It is the location of the famous Archéolab – Musée de site archéologique where excavation and interpretation of archaeological sites are presented to the public.
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