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LOT 1528
Published Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-250,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (462 grams, 12.9 cm).
Lentoid in section and piriform in plan with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Africa.
From the collection of a French museum in the Dordogne which closed some years ago.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Guidez, Jean-Luis, Les Pyreneens De Lake Des Glaces, p.50.
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