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LOT 1679
Stone Age Classic French Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250,000-60,000 B.P.
4 5/8 in. (266 grams, 11.7 cm).
Piriform in plan with carefully worked edges, some cortex to butt; inked findspot and taxonomic information to underside 'St Meme (FA) / Charente / B. Uniface / Amygdaloide / Achuléen'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the well regarded long-closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old large French collection.
Acquired on the European 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.
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