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LOT 1516
Stone Age Acheulean 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (433 grams, 13.9 cm).
Substantial triangular-section handaxe with broad rounded butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the British art market in the 1970s-1980s.
Acquired via inheritance, 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Literature
See Cranshaw, S., Handaxes and Cleavers: Selected English Acheulian Industries, BAR British Series 113, Oxford, 1983, pl.9.
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LOT 1516
Stone Age Acheulean 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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