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LOT 1594

Large Stone Age Levellious Point Core

MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.

4 5/8 in. (418 grams, 11.8 cm).

Bifacially worked. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region, France.
From a large French collection built in the early 1900s.
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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1594

Large Stone Age Levellious Point Core

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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