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LOT 1580

Large Stone Age Mousterian Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-350,000 B.P.

5 1/8 in. (339 grams total including stand, stone: 13.1 cm).

With light cream and blue silky patina; tip re-sharpened in antiquity to prolong use; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

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 1580

Large Stone Age Mousterian Flint Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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