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LOT 1498
Stone Age Blade Tools from Southern France including La Gravette
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-20,000 B.P.
2 1/2 - 4 5/8 in. (48 grams total, 6.5-11.8 cm).
Marked with old collector's inked titles 'La Lionne, quartier de Loiselay. Sorgues (Vaucluse)', La Gravette 10.67', 'Vircoulon'; and one indistinct. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Southern France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1498
Stone Age Blade Tools from Southern France including La Gravette
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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