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LOT 0311
Stone Age Acheulean Ficron Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (418 grams, 13.4 cm without stand).
Well made with a ficron shape, the tip snapped in a clean break (this has been professionally glued back into place); likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; marked to butt 'ST Même FR'; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old large French collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From a UK private collection.
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