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LOT 0318
Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.C.
7 1/4 in. (671 grams, 18.5 cm).
Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inscription: 'Colchester Valley'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colchester Valley, Essex, UK.
From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.1.
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LOT 0318
Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
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