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LOT 1507

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

STONE AGE 'CENTRAL FRANCE' CHESTNUT-BROWN KNAPPED FLINT HANDAXE
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 70,000-60,000 YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (240 grams, 12.2 cm).

Cordate in plan with finely worked edges. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found in Central France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.

CONDITION
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