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LOT 1598
Stone Age Bifacial 'Fontmaure Jasper' Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (283 grams, 90 mm).
Large and colourful D-shaped triangular-section handaxe; with inked find spot legend 'Fontmaure (85) / 10.5.68 / Col 'DUBOE SP'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France, in 1968.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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