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LOT 1700
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
STONE AGE BRITISH FLINT BIFACIAL HANDAXE
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
4 5/8 in. (176 grams, 11.7 cm).
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
4 5/8 in. (176 grams, 11.7 cm).
Lanceolate form with sharp edges, broad butt; marked with findspot and date. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found at Luzboro Hill, Romsey, England, UK, on the 7 February 1936.
From a former private UK collector.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.4, for type.
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AUCTIONS:
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