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LOT 0319
Stone Age British Grey and White Knapped Flint Ficron Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 480,000-250,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (384 grams, 12.3 cm).
With one convex and one straight side, rounded butt, broad tip. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
British private collection formed from the 1970s-1990s; thence by family descent.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.6.
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LOT 0319
Stone Age British Grey and White Knapped Flint Ficron Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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