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LOT 1528
Large Stone Age Egyptian Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
6 5/8 in. (7 in.) (850 grams, 17 cm (930 grams total, 18 cm including stand)).
Triangular in profile with broad butt; point absent; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Egypt.
Previously part of a Dutch collection built up during the 1900s.
From the collection of Mr B M.
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