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LOT 0310
Large Stone Age Flint Ovate Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (535 grams total including stand, axe: 13.3 cm).
With silky cream and pale blue patina; small oval darker area forming part of the original cortex, potentially left to aid grip; inked notation 'Blandford / Dorset'; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
Found Blanford, Dorset, UK.
From the collection of John Sharp, former well known archaeologist.
Acquired on the UK 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
The Ovate form is uncommon. Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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