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LOT 1904
Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Cert Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
7 in. (613 grams, 17.7 cm).
With thin point, leaf-shaped with stepped upper portions; marked at base 'RE / Bergerac / 69'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found France.
Collection of Tony Berlant (b.1941), inventory number 11/02-XX-27.
Exported from France under EU Licence no.2023 DMF 1895.
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