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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]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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