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LOT 2832
Large Stone Age Red Quatzite Acheulean Cordate Handaxe
LOWER-MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (429 grams, 13.5 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with rounded butt; inked inscription '16/2 S/W, Foum Zguid, Marokko, 89'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Zguid, Morocco, North Africa.
From a private collection formed during the 1970s-1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 2832
Large Stone Age Red Quatzite Acheulean Cordate Handaxe
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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